Chicken W/ Cream Cheese and Herbs
- 1 -4 12 lb chicken
- 1 lime (juice and zest)
- 8 ounces light cream cheese
- 4 tablespoons rosemary
- 2 tablespoons basil
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves
- 3 tablespoons chili flakes
- Preheat oven at 400F.
- After washing chicken, pour lemon juice and rinse.
- Finely chop garlic, rosemary and basil.
- mix 2 cloves of garlic, 2 tbs of basil, cream cheese, and 2 tbs of rosemary, lime zest, and 2 tbs of chili flakes.
- Separate skin without tearing the skin with knife and fingers so that cream cheese and herb filling can be evenly spread through breasts and legs.
- Mix olive oil, garlic clove, the rest of the rosemary and chili flakes so it can be spread on top of the skin around the whole chicken.
- Before putting chicken in oven to roast pour the lime juice over olive oil, rosemary, and garlic mix.
- Lower the oven to 375 and set chicken for 90 minute.
lime, light cream cheese, rosemary, basil, olive oil, garlic, chili flakes
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chicken-w-cream-cheese-and-herbs-287255 (may not work)