Lex's Roast Chicken

Submitted by WiGal

"Super comfort food from Cuisine At Home. We prefer using 1 medium size lemon for the zest and juicing aspect. I hope you enjoy this as much as we do. A variation of French farcir except the stuffing is underneath the chicken. This is really good when using a cast iron pan."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 3 large onions, halved, sliced into half-moons (about 2 lbs)
• 2 cups celery, sliced
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest, minced
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons kosher salt (to taste)
• 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1⁄2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1⁄4 cup fresh Italian parsley, chopped
• 1⁄2 loaf French bread, cut into 3/4 inch slices
• cooking spray
• 1 (3 -4 lb) whole chickens, cut up
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt (to taste)
• 1 lemon, juice of, medium size

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Saute onions and celery in olive oil over medium heat for about 10 minutes; stirring occasionally.
3. Add zest, salt, garlic, pepper, thyme, and red pepper; continue to saute until onions and celery are soft and translucent, about 5 more minutes; remove from hear. Stir in parsley and set aside.
4. Spray chicken on both sides with cooking spray; season with pepper and salt.
5. Layer bread, onion mixture, then chicken in a lightly oiled pan.
6. Pour lemon juice over chicken (the amount of lemon juice depends upon what you prefer) and roast, uncovered for 1 1/2 hours, or until golden brown and at least 160-165 degrees. Check for doneness the last 15 minutes.
7. Remove from oven and serve, spoon some bread and vegetables onto each plate and top with chicken. Enjoy!

Reviews

[Baby Kato]

What a wonderful recipe WiGal, we enjoyed it very much. Perfectly cooked chicken, that was crispy, moist and tender, with a very flavorful, citrusy tasting stuffing. I baked the chicken for 75 minutes and did use the red pepper flakes, we enjoyed the subtle heat it brought to the dish. A wonderful meal served with mashed potatoes and baby carrots & sweet peas. Thank you so much for sharing a recipe that my family will enjoy again and again. Made for Holiday Tag.

 

[LifeIsGood]

Great roasted chicken recipe with a wonderful "stuffing-like" bonus. The bread/celery/onion mixture was so yummy. You just have to watch your cooking time to make sure you don't start to blacken the bread. The chicken flavor was outstanding. I cooked mine for about and hour and 15 minutes. The only change I will make next time is to omit the red pepper flakes. I do like spice in recipes, but this recipe seems more like pure comfort food. Thank you for posting! Made for Please Review my Recipe in the Cooking Tag Games forums.

 

[diner524]

What a great recipe!!! I made this for dinner last night and served it with mashed potatoes/gravy and corn, the whole family loved it. I used 4 small chicken thighs with skin and one large b/s chicken breast for DS. I made 1/2 of the recipe and left out the crushed red peppers (personal preference for this type of dish) and then followed as written. I also roasted 2 chicken breasts in a separate pan for recipe#234465 and used the dripping to make the gravy for Lex's chicken. Thanks for sharing such a great recipe/change to the normal roasted chicken and dressing. Made for PRMR Tag Game.

 

[Gerry]

Yes it is a WOW! Actually when it comes to a roasted chicken recipe it is a double wow at our house. Had some lovely crisp pieces tucked away before serving - good thing as dh and the teenager shared right to the last of the 'dressing' and were looking for more. This was a new to me kind of recipe that had me saying - now why didn't I think of that! Made as posted and it's great - needs no changes. Thank you WiGal we love that chicken of yours!

 

[Shelby Jo]

This was pretty easy to prepare -- hardest part being the chopping of the onions and celery (which I made my husband do ;)) I LOVED this...my husband just liked it. He said 4 stars, I say 5. Guess what? I trump him haha. It was very flavorful, I really liked the "stuffing" part on the bottom. The chicken skin was nice and crisp and tasty too. Thank you SO much for posting :) Made for Theirs, Yours, & Mine Photo Tag.