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Country Roast Chicken

Country Roast Chicken — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Ingredients

  • 1 ea. (3 lbs) broiler/fryer chicken, giblets removed
  • ¼ cup Country Roast Chicken Seasoning
  • 3 sprigs rosemary
  • 8 sprigs thyme
  • 1 large lemon, sliced thinly
  • 1 large lemon, cut in wedges
  • 2 tbsp butter

Instructions

  1. 1
    Loosen skin from chicken. Rub flesh with chicken seasoning.
  2. 2
    Place lemon slices in the bottom of a roasting pan and place chicken on top.
  3. 3
    Stuff chicken cavity with thyme, rosemary, and lemon wedges.
  4. 4
    Place 1 tbsp butter under the skin of each breast.
  5. 5
    Insert an oven-safe probe thermometer into the breast but not touching the butter.
  6. 6
    Bake in a 325°F oven until breast internal temperature reaches 165°F and thigh meat reaches 170°F.
  7. 7
    Cover with foil and let rest 10 minutes; serve.
Category
Entree/Main
Method
Roasting

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