Roast Chicken
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Serves: 4
 
Easy Roast Chicken
Ingredients
  • 1 3.5-4 lbs roasting chicken
  • 2 tbsp butter, melted
  • 1 tsp aleppo pepper
  • 1 tsp lemon rind granules
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tbsp sea salt
  • 1 tsp fresh ground pepper
  • 1 lemon quartered
  • 4 sage sprigs
  • 4 thyme sprigs
  • 2 rosemary sprigs
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. Rinse chicken and pat dry.
  3. Melt butter and combine with aleppo pepper, lemon rind granules, smoked paprika, sea salt and pepper.
  4. Salt and pepper inside of the cavity of the chicken
  5. Squeeze lemons into cavity and stuff in quartered lemons along with sprigs of sage, thyme and rosemary.
  6. Pour butter mixture over chicken and massage into skin so evenly distributed.
  7. Place chicken in oven breast up and cook for approximately 70 minutes.
Recipe by Weekend Table at https://weekendtable.com/2014/12/31/roast-chicken/