Rosemary Garlic Roasted Chicken
- 1 whole Chicken
- 6 cloves Garlic, Divided
- 1 whole Lemon, Quartered
- 1 whole Onion, Quartered
- 4 sprigs Fresh Rosemary, Divided
- 4 sprigs Fresh Thyme, Divided
- 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1/4 teaspoons Salt To Taste
- 1/2 teaspoons Ground Pepper To Taste
- 4 stalks Celery
- 4 whole Carrots
- 20 ounces, fluid Good Quality Chicken Broth
- Preheat your oven to 350 F. First, youll want to rinse the chicken and remove giblets and such from the cavity if you bought a chicken with them.
- Set the chicken aside.
- Remove the paper from 3 or so cloves of garlic.
- Now, stuff the cavity of the chicken with the garlic and the quartered lemon and onion as well as a couple sprigs each of rosemary and thyme.
- Next, youll finely chop about 2 tablespoons each of rosemary and thyme and put them in a small bowl.
- Do the same to another 3 cloves of garlic (you can use more depending on your taste), and throw that in with the herbs.
- Then drizzle in about a tablespoon of olive oil.
- Add some salt and pepper to taste.
- Stir it all up so its all coated in olive oil.
- Now, you get to get your hands dirty!
- Rub the mixture all over the outside of the chicken.
- Arrange the celery and carrots in the bottom of a 13x9 pan and place the chicken on top of that, breast side down.
- Pour some chicken broth in the bottom of the pan, enough to coat the bottom but not so much to cover the vegetables.
- Pop the pan in the oven and roast for about 3 hours, turning the bird every 45 minutes or so, first on its side, then the other side, then on its back.
- Turning it this way helps distribute the juices throughout the bird as it roasts.
- Add more chicken broth to the pan as needed.
- Theres nothing worse than dry chicken and the broth will help keep things moist.
- After about 3 hours a thermometer inserted in the thigh away from the bone should register 180 F. If so, remove pan from the oven and DONT carve it yet!
- If it hasnt reached 180 F keep it in the oven a few minutes longer.
- Let the chicken sit in the pan for about 10-20 minutes to allow the juices to settle before you carve otherwise youll lose all of those yummy, moist juices.
- After 10-20 minutes, carve, serve and enjoy!
chicken, garlic, lemon, onion, rosemary, thyme, olive oil, salt, ground pepper, stalks celery, carrots, chicken broth
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/rosemary-garlic-roasted-chicken/ (may not work)