Simple Rosemary Lemon Roast Chicken Recipe

Roast chicken is one of the easiest and most popular ways of serving a whole chicken. Roasting a chicken goes back a long way and transcends food cultures. Rotisseries are useful but not mandatory.

Ingredients

1 Whole Chicken (about 3 pounds), cleaned, prepped and towel dried.

Zest and juice of one lemon

1 Tbs olive oil

1/2 cup butter, softened

2 tablespoons of fresh rosemary leaves

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Mix all ingredients except for chicken and butter in a blender. Blend until smooth. Mix into softened butter. Rub half of butter mixture between chicken skin and meat. Use remaining butter mixture to rub on outside of chicken.

Place in oven a roasting pan to collect the juices.

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