Garlic Roasted Chicken And Root Veggies
- 6 tablespoon butter at room temp
- 2 teaspoons rosemary and thyme, each
- 1 tablespoon orange rind
- 1 teaspoon orange juice
- 1 salt and pepper
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 shallot
- 1 tablespoon dijon
- 6 1/4 pounds chicken
- 5 Rosemary and Thyme sprigs
- 1 lemon quartered
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Rosemary, thyme, salt, each
- 4 cups mixed root veggies
- 2 Shallots, halved
- 1 garlic, peeled
- 1/2 cups chicken broth
- heat oven to 400o. combine butter, herbs, orange juice, rind, salt, pepper and garlic until smooth.
- Tuck wings under chicken and salt and pepper cavity. Spoon 2T butter into cavity, add rosemary, thyme and lemon quarters. Tie legs together and put in roasting pan.
- Loosen skin and smear butter over the outside and on top of skin.
- Toss root veggies in oil, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper, shallots and garlic. Arrange veggies around chicken. Add broth and roast about 1 1/2 hours. Let chicken rest 20 minutes.
- serve with pan juices.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/garlic-roasted-chicken-and-root-veggies-5b61a10af769c40c0ee16114 (may not work)