roast chicken with two lemons

How To Make roast chicken with two lemons

• 1

  Preheat oven to 350. Thoroughly wash the chicken.
• 2

  Let the bird stand on a slightly tilted plate for about 10 minutes so that all the water drains out.
• 3

  Dry all over. Season the chicken inside and out with salt and pepper; rub in the seasonings.
• 4

  Set the lemons on a counter and roll them back and forth, pressing with your palm.
• 5

  Puncture each lemons in at least 20 places. Place both lemons and garlic cloves in the cavity.
• 6

  n the cavity. Seal the opening with toothpicks; close well, but don't make an airtight job of it because the chicken may burst.
• 7

  Run kitchen string from one leg to the other and tie it at the knuckle ends; the string serves only to keep the thighs from spreading apart and splitting the skin. Set the chicken breast down in a roasting pan.
• 8

  Place it in the upper third of the oven and roast for 30 minutes. Carefully turn the chicken over onto its back and cook for another 30 to 35 minutes.
• 9

  Turn the oven up to 400 F and cook for additional 20 minutes. (Calculate between 20 and 25 minutes total cooking time per pound.) Spoon the juices over the chicken and serve. A perfect roast chicken.
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