Rustic Rosemary Chicken With Fresh Rolls
- 1 head garlic
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 teaspoon olive oil, divided
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 2 frying chickens, cleaned, trimmed of fat and rinsed
- 8 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 1 large lemon, thinly sliced
- To roast whole garlic: Trim off the top of garlic so that the cloves are just visible.
- Place on heavy foil folding up edges.
- Drizzle on 1 teaspoon olive oil.
- Roast garlic at 375F for 45 minutes.
- Cool and remove cloves.
- Pinch cloves and squirt out roasted garlic.
- Mix with salt and pepper, set aside.
- To prepare chicken: Using fingers loosen skin on breast and slit each leg at thigh and loosen skin.
- Rub each chicken with seasoned garlic.
- Add two sprigs rosemary to each breast and one sprig to each leg.
- Place lemon slices on breast and under leg skin.
- Fold over skin.
- Tie chicken legs together with string.
- Rub chickens with remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil.
- Place chickens on roasting rack in roasting pan.
- Roast in 425 oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes or 1 hour and 25 minutes depending upon size of chicken.
- When sliced to the bone juices should run clear.
- Cook additional time if necessary.
- Serve with a crusty complement of FRANCISCO Sourdough Dinner Rolls or FRANCISCO French Dinner Rolls.
garlic, olive oil, olive oil, salt, ground black pepper, frying chickens, rosemary, lemon
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/rustic-rosemary-chicken-with-fresh-rolls-399733 (may not work)