Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, simple, easy, delicious lemon garlic roast chicken. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have simple, easy, delicious lemon garlic roast chicken using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Simple, Easy, Delicious Lemon Garlic Roast Chicken:
- Take 4 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken pieces, patted dry
- Take 2.5-3 teaspoons kosher salt
- Get 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- Take 3-4 cloves garlic, grated or 2 teaspoons garlic powder (not garlic salt)
- Get zest of 1 lemon
- Take juice of 1 lemon (about 2 to 2.5 Tablespoons)
- Make ready 1 teaspoon sugar
- Prepare 1 Tablespoon dried herbs of choice (I like any combo of parsley, thyme, rosemary) or 3 Tbsp finely chopped fresh herbs
- Take 3 Tablespoons olive oil
Keep it simple with this easy recipe for the best roast chicken flavored with garlic and lemon and roasted to perfection. As simple as a roast chicken is to prepare, there are some definite do's and don'ts when it comes to poultry perfection: DO dry off the skin of the chicken as thoroughly as possible. For dinner tonight, try Ina Garten's Lemon and Garlic Roast Chicken recipe from Barefoot Contessa on Food Network. Brush the outside of the chicken with the butter and sprinkle again with salt and pepper.
Steps to make Simple, Easy, Delicious Lemon Garlic Roast Chicken:
- Mix all the ingredients together thoroughly in a large mixing bowl with your hands (it's difficult to ensure that each piece is thoroughly and evenly seasoned if you don't get in there and do it by feel), and make sure each individual piece of chicken is coated in the seasoning. Marinate for at least an hour and up to 4 or 5 hours in the refrigerator before roasting.
- 45 mins before roasting, take chicken out of the refrigerator and place in a single layer, skin side up, on a broiler pan or other large high oven temp safe vessel, giving each piece of chicken at least a 1/2-inch clearance on each side, and let it come up in temperature before cooking. For best results, place your chicken on a rack that allows for drainage. The more dry heat that reaches the surface of each piece of chicken, the better the sear, the crispier the skin, and the juicier the meat.
- Preheat oven to 425F/220C.
- Roast chicken for 45 to 50 minutes depending on the size of the pieces. That's it!
- Enjoy! :)
Tie the legs together with kitchen string and tuck the wing tips under the body of the chicken. A Saucy Chicken Dinner in Minutes. This recipe basically makes itself, leaving you time to pull together an easy side. A simple leafy greens salad or steamed green beans are also nice additions to round out the meal. I've given you two options for richness here.
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