Oven Roasted Chicken Recipe with Lemon and Rosemary

This Oven Roasted Chicken Recipe with Lemon and Rosemary is easy and versatile. Serve as a dinner main course or debone and use in any of your favorite chicken recipes. Makes great leftovers!

A whole roasted chicken is definitely one of my go-to comfort meals. Eating it for a dinner is great. But really I enjoy picking at the chicken cold from the fridge. Or even better, using the leftovers for a sandwich, tacos or to make chicken soup.

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Lemon and Rosemary Oven Roasted Chicken

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Ingredients

• 5 Lb Whole Chicken
• 5 Lemons
• Fresh Rosemary
• 1/4 Cup Olive Oil
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1/4 teaspoon Fresh Cracked Pepper
• 1 Tablespoon Chicken Seasoning*, salt free

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F
2. Slice 2 lemons and layer evenly on bottom of large roasting pan or baking dish. Drizzle with olive oil and top with fresh rosemary.**
3. Remove giblets from inside chicken. Rinse and pat chicken dry with paper towel. Place chicken on top of sliced lemons, breast side up.
4. Mix olive oil, juice of 1 lemon, salt, pepper and chicken seasoning. Pour mixture over chicken and rub in to ensure entire chicken is coated. Sprinkle with more salt and pepper.
5. Cut remaining 2 lemons into wedges and stuff inside chicken along with more rosemary.
6. Roast for 1-1½ hours. Until legs wiggle loosely, juices run clear and/or a thermometer reaches 165° in the thickest part of the thigh.
7. *cover chicken with foil towards the end if it begins to get too dark (optional)*
8. Slice and serve chicken. Drizzle a bit of the pan drippings over chicken.

Notes

*I use Two Snooty Chefs Herbs de Poulet Oo-La-La seasoning
**A little rosemary goes a long way. Use it sparingly.

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