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Oven Roasted Lemon Chicken

Happy Tasty Tuesday to all my followers. I hope you enjoyed the videos on how to break down a chicken. I'll start posting more videos to help with tips and tricks. 

Sunday dinners are a big thing at our house and even more during Game of Thrones! I made a roasted chicken this week it was juicy and perfect for a Sunday night and you may not believe me it's not a hard item to cook. 

What you will need: 

1 whole chicken 5-6 lbs 
1 lemon 
1/2 cup butter cold 
Herbs 
Salt and pepper 
Carrots 
Potatoes 
Onion
Garlic
1 cup white wine 
Corn starch 

Take the chicken out of the packaging and clean the chicken. Make sure all the 'insides' are out of the chicken and that it is trimmed and dry.  Set the chicken aside 

Take the herbs (I used parsley, basil and tarragon) and blend them with the cold butter in a small bowl. Then rub the butter all over the chicken under the skin and inside the cavity. I then salt and peppered the chicken all over.  Cut the lemon and run under the skin a few pieces on the spine of the chicken. Place chicken on the roasting rack. 

Cut up all your veggies I used purple, yellow and white sweet potatoes along with heirloom baby carrots. A large onion and 3 cloves of garlic. I want you to use what you like, if you want to use regular potatoes go for it! 

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees, then in the roasting pan add 1 cup of white wine and oil to the bottom of the pan. Place the chicken alone in the over and cook for 25 mins a pound. 

At the half way point add the veggies to the roasting pan. You may want to add some water to the pan at this point as well. It will depend on if you feel like the liquid has evaporated. Continuing cooking till chicken is at 165 degrees internal temp. 

Pull chicken out and let it rest, for at least 15 mins or longer if you can. You will then want to remove the chicken and veggies from the roasting pan, leave all the Chicken 'juice' and place on the heat. Then take a couple teaspoons of corn starch and water then add that to the juice to make a gravy. Cook and stir for a few minutes till it thickens. 

Break down the chicken and serve with the vegetables and gravy. You can serve it family style or plate it up. 

Just remember it's not that hard to make a great meal for you family and takes little time to make something filling and healthy. 

Fun, food, and best Eats!

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