Country Roast Chicken
Traditional dish with ea. broiler/fryer chicken, giblets removed, country roast chicken seasoning, rosemary.

- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
Ingredients
- 1 fryer chicken, giblets removed
- ¼ cup country roast chicken seasoning
- 3 sprigs rosemary
- 8 sprigs thyme
- 1 large lemon
- 1 large lemon, cut in wedges
- 2 tbsp butter
Steps
- Loosen the skin from the chicken.
- Rub the flesh with chicken seasoning.
- Place the lemon slices in the bottom of a roasting pan.
- Place the chicken on top.
- Stuff the chicken cavity with thyme, rosemary, and lemon wedges.
- Place 1 tbsp butter under the skin of each breast.
- Insert an oven-safe probe thermometer into the breast but not touching the butter.
- Bake in a 325°F oven until breast internal temperature reaches 165°F and thigh meat reaches 170°F.
- Cover with foil.
- Let rest 10 minutes.
- Serve.
Adapted from “Country Roast Chicken”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.