Whole Oven-Barbecued Chicken
- 2 small lemons, juice and zest of, reserving lemon halves
- 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
- 2 -4 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1 (3 lb) roasting chickens
- 1 (16 ounce) packaged seasoned stuffing mix
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add lemon juice and 1/2 teaspoon zest to barbecue sauce; mix well.
- Place chicken in baking pan, place 2 of the lemon halves and garlic cloves inside the cavity of the chicken, rub the outside of the chicken with remaining lemon halves and discard; tie the legs together using kitchen twine.
- Bake for 1 hour 45 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. The internal temperature should be 165 degrees F, basting with the sauce mixture every 5 minutes during the last 20 minutes of baking.
- Sprinkle with reserved lemon peel during the last 5 minutes.
- Prepare the stuffing mix as directed on package, place stuffing in oven during last 30 minutes of chicken baking time.
- Remove and discard lemon halves and garlic cloves from chicken cavity; skim fat from drippings in baking pan; serve drippings with chicken and stuffing.
lemons, barbecue sauce, italian seasoning, roasting chickens, stuffing mix
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/whole-oven-barbecued-chicken-294120 (may not work)