Roast Chicken

Name: Roast Chicken
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H15M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT1H30M0.000S
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 stick butter, softened; 2 whole lemons, zested; 4 sprigs fresh rosemary; Salt and pepper; 1 whole roaster chicken, rinsed and patted dry

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Level: Easy

Total: 1 hr 30 min
Active: 15 min

Yield: 4 servings

Level: Easy

Total: 1 hr 30 min
Active: 15 min

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

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1 stick butter, softened

2 whole lemons, zested

4 sprigs fresh rosemary

Salt and pepper

1 whole roaster chicken, rinsed and patted dry

Directions

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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking tray with foil.
Place the softened butter in a bowl with the lemon zest. Strip the leaves from 1 sprig of rosemary, finely chop and add along with some salt and pepper. Mix everything together.
Lay the chicken on the foil-lined baking tray, breast-side up. Use your fingers to smear the butter mixture all over the chicken, under the skin and inside the cavity.
Squeeze the juice of 1 of the lemons over the chicken, and then place the 4 lemon halves (if they fit!) inside the cavity of the chicken along with the 3 whole remaining sprigs of rosemary.
Put the chicken in the oven and roast it until done, about 1 hour 15 minutes. The skin should be deep golden brown and the juices should be sizzling.