Amaretto Roasted Chicken
- 1 (4 pound) whole chicken
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 large lemon, halved
- 1 head garlic, halved
- 1/2 cup amaretto liqueur
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Place the chicken in a baking pan, and rub with 2 tablespoons butter.
- Place remaining butter and 1/2 the lemon in the chicken cavity.
- Squeeze juice from remaining lemon half over chicken.
- Distribute squeezed lemon half and both halves of the garlic head in the pan around the chicken.
- Pour 1/4 cup amaretto over chicken.
- Bake chicken 1 hour and 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until juices run clear.
- Remove chicken from pan, and set aside.
- Squeeze juice from the lemon half inside chicken into the pan juices.
- Mash the garlic.
- Discard lemon rids and garlic pulp.
- Pour remaining amaretto into the pan, and mix to make a gravy.
- Serve chicken with the gravy.
chicken, butter, lemon, garlic, liqueur
Taken from allrecipes.com/recipe/amaretto-roasted-chicken/ (may not work)