Chicken with Orange, Lemon & Ginger

This is delicious and fragrant! Your house smells wonderful while the chicken is roasting and the neighbors knock on your door looking for invitations to dinner. I make this at least once a month.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1  lemon
• 1  roasting chicken, about 5 pounds
•  grated lemon, zest of
• 1  lemon, cut into quarters
•  grated orange, zest of
• 1  orange, cut into quarters
• 3  tablespoons  peeled and grated  fresh gingerroot
•  salt
•  freshly ground black pepper
• 5  tablespoons margarine, melted,or olive oil
• 4  tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1⁄2 cup  fresh orange juice
• 3  tablespoons honey
•  orange section (for garnish)

Directions

1. Preheat an oven to 350°F degrees.
2. Cut the lemon into quarters.
3. Rub the outside of the chicken with one of the lemon quarters, then discard.
4. In a small bowl, stir together the lemon and orange zests and 1 tablespoon of the grated ginger.
5. Rub this mixture evenly in the cavity.
6. Put the lemon and orange quarters inside the bird.
7. Place the chicken on a rack in a roasting pan.
8. Sprinkle it with salt and pepper.
9. In the now-empty small bowl, combine the melted margarine or olive oil, lemon and orange juices, honey, and the remaining 2 tablespoons ginger.
10. Mix well.
11. Place the chicken in the oven and roast, basting with the citrus juice mixture at least 4 times during cooking, until the juices run clear when the thigh is pierced with a knife, about 1 hour.
12. Transfer to a serving platter and let rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
13. Carve the chicken.
14. Garnish with orange sections.
15. Variation: Use 4 tablespoons pomegranate juice in place of the lemon juice.