With Christmas around the corner, how does a lemon roasted chicken dinner sound? A sumptuous, mouth-watering chicken with a hint of lemon flavor and thyme along with the exotic taste of garlic resulting in a beautiful creation to be enjoyed with your family and friends.
The recipe mentioned below can serve the hunger pangs of around six people.
For making this appetizing creation, you will need 3-4 lbs of chicken, two whole lemons, sea or kosher salt, freshly ground pepper, several sprigs of fresh thyme and two cloves of garlic, crushed. The lemons in the roasted chicken help to retain the moisture content, besides the juice steaming inside gives the chicken a tangy flavor.
Before you begin the process of roasting, you need to wash the chicken thoroughly removing any traces of loose fat. Once done, leave it for about ten minutes to drain. Remove the remaining remnants of moisture by wiping gently all over with kitchen paper towels.
Once the water has been completely dried out, season the chicken inside-out with sea or kosher salt and freshly ground pepper mixture. Make sure that it has been applied liberally all over the chicken.
Then, wash and rinse the lemons. Soften the lemons to extract maximum amount of juice from it. To soften, press them gently in your palms and then, roll them back and forth a few times. This will make it softer, leaving the job of extracting juice easier. Once done, perforate the lemons using a trussing needle all over it.
In the meantime, preheat the oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit.
After perforating the lemons, stuff them, the thyme and the crushed garlic into the chicken’s cavity. After the whole mixture has been pushed into the cavity, close the opening through a trussing needle and bind the ends of the legs in its natural position using a string.
Once the oven gets heated, place the chicken face down on the upper third portion in a roasting pan. Gently turn it over after 25-30 minutes, placing it face up. After around 40 minutes, turn up the heat to 400 degree Fahrenheit and cook for another half an hour. Cut the strings and remove the cooked lemon, thyme and garlic.
This leaves you with the aromatic chicken roast with the flavor or thyme, garlic and the lemon lingering over it. Bring it over the table and carve the chicken. It is now the time to relish the flavor of roasted lemon chicken!
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