Easiest Roast Chicken Ever
Ready In: 10 mins
Yields: 1 chicken
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 lemon, zest of
- 2 rosemary sprigs
- salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
Directions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place chicken on a rack in a roasting pan or cast-iron skillet.
- In a blender or food processor, combine garlic, lemon zest, and rosemary. Spread puree under the skin of the chicken.
- Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
- Cook the chicken for 15 minutes for each pound, plus 15 minutes (i.e., a 3-lb bird: 15 minutes x 3 + 15 minutes = 60 minutes).
- Chicken is done when juices run clear when pricked with a fork.
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