Herb Roasted Chicken
1 tbsp Dried Rosemary
1 tbsp Dried Thyme
1 tbsp Minced Garlic
1/2 c. butter or margarine softened
1 roaster chicken
olive oil
lemon juice
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Mix the herbs and garlic into the butter. Rinse the chicken and pat it dry. Now here is the tricky part and messy. On the end of the chicken by the cavity, pull up the skin from the meat, you will want to make a pocket because you will want to put the herb butter mixture under the chicken. Use your fingers to do this, for the legs just keep working towards the legs under the skin and continue to separate the skin from the meat, make sure not to poke any holes. Once you get butter mixture under all the skin you can work from the top and massage the butter mixture to where you want it to go. After that is done, here comes another fun part if you want to. By the legs on each side of the cavity the extra tough skin, cut one small hole on each side. Take the leg and stick it through the hole do that with both sides. This will act like a tie. Drizzle some olive oil on the skin of the chicken and rub it down. Then sprinkle some extra thyme and rosemary. Sprinkle some lemon juice on the chicken and squirt some into the cavity. Now if you have a fresh lemon on hand cut half of it and stuff it into the cavity. Bake for one hour or temp reads 160 degrees by the thigh. If the chicken is browning to fast cover it with foil.
Optional: you can put chopped carrots, celery and onions under the chicken for more flavor.
this is my own recipe :)
1 tbsp Dried Rosemary
1 tbsp Dried Thyme
1 tbsp Minced Garlic
1/2 c. butter or margarine softened
1 roaster chicken
olive oil
lemon juice
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Mix the herbs and garlic into the butter. Rinse the chicken and pat it dry. Now here is the tricky part and messy. On the end of the chicken by the cavity, pull up the skin from the meat, you will want to make a pocket because you will want to put the herb butter mixture under the chicken. Use your fingers to do this, for the legs just keep working towards the legs under the skin and continue to separate the skin from the meat, make sure not to poke any holes. Once you get butter mixture under all the skin you can work from the top and massage the butter mixture to where you want it to go. After that is done, here comes another fun part if you want to. By the legs on each side of the cavity the extra tough skin, cut one small hole on each side. Take the leg and stick it through the hole do that with both sides. This will act like a tie. Drizzle some olive oil on the skin of the chicken and rub it down. Then sprinkle some extra thyme and rosemary. Sprinkle some lemon juice on the chicken and squirt some into the cavity. Now if you have a fresh lemon on hand cut half of it and stuff it into the cavity. Bake for one hour or temp reads 160 degrees by the thigh. If the chicken is browning to fast cover it with foil.
Optional: you can put chopped carrots, celery and onions under the chicken for more flavor.
this is my own recipe :)
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