Roasted Herbed Chicken and Vegetables

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 12 tablespoons dried herbes de provence
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 cups white wine
• 12 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon fennel seed
• 12 garlic cloves, unpeeled (8 whole, 4 crushed)
• 3 medium turnips, cut into 2-inch pieces
• 1 small butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into thick half moons (1 1/2 lbs)
• kosher salt
• fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 1 (4 lb) roasting chickens, wings tucked under body
• 1 lemon
• 1 bunch fresh thyme
• 1 large yellow onion, but into thick wedges
• 34 lb Brussels sprout, trimmed and halved
• 34 lb cremini mushroom, left whole
• 12 large sage leaves

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Melt butter and herbes de provence in a pot over medium heat.
3. Remove from heat and whisk in honey.
4. Cover; let herb butter steep for 20 minutes.
5. Combine wine, half the oil, fennel, whole garlic, turnips, squash, and salt and pepper in a bowl; set turnip mixture aside.
6. Season chicken with salt and pepper.
7. Peel rind from lemon in strips.
8. Halve lemon; set aside.
9. Put rind into cavity with remaining garlic and thyme.
10. Tie legs with twine; set chicken on a small roasting rack in a roasting pan.
11. Arrange turnip mixture around chicken; scatter with onions.
12. Brush chicken with some herb butter.
13. Roast, basting chicken herb butter and vegetables with pan juices, until turnips are just tender, about 1 hour.
14. Toss brussel sprouts, mushrooms, and sage leaves together in a bowl with remaining oil and salt and pepper; transfer to pan.
15. Continue roasting until a thermometer inserted in chicken's thigh registers 165 degrees, 25-30 minutes.
16. Transfer chicken to a platter, cover loosely with foil.
17. Return vegetables to oven, roast until very tender, 18-20 minutes.
18. Carve chicken, squeeze lemon over top and serve with vegetables.

butter, honey, white wine, extra virgin olive oil, fennel seed, garlic, butternut squash, kosher salt, ground black pepper, roasting chickens, lemon, thyme, yellow onion, brussels, cremini mushroom, sage

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/roasted-herbed-chicken-and-vegetables-280327 (may not work)