Tina’s Roast Chicken yield:
4-5 servings
Tina recommends
serving this chicken with mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables.
1 chicken
½ lemon, cut into two pieces
Salt
4 tablespoons butter, softened
Freshly ground black pepper
½ to 1 cup chicken stock
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400° F.
Pat dry the chicken with paper towels. Rub one piece of lemon over the inside of the
chicken, and rub the other piece over the outside of the chicken. (Set the lemon aside for the sauce.) Rub ½ teaspoon
of salt inside the body cavity.
Next, rub 2 tablespoon softened butter over the outside of
the chicken, and sprinkle ½ teaspoon salt and some freshly ground black pepper
over the outside of the chicken.
Place
the chicken on a rack over baking pan, and put into preheated oven.
Wash
your hands and any other surfaces that have touched chicken.
In
a small saucepan, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and squeeze any
remaining lemon juice from the lemon quarters into the pot.
After
the chicken has baked for 15 minutes, pour the butter mixture over the top and
return to the oven. Baste periodically
until the chicken is “done”. The cooked
temperature should be 175° F.
Remove
the chicken and put onto a dish. Place
the baking pan on the stove top; add the chicken stock and deglaze. Scape the browned bits from the pan and
combine to make a nice pan gravy. Heat
to reduce a bit.
Serve
the gravy with your chicken.
Enjoy!
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