Savory Roasted Chicken

• 1 fryer chicken
• 2 lemons, quartered
• 1 sprig fresh rosemary
• 1 sprig fresh thyme
• 1 small onion, quartered
• 2 clove garlic
• 1 sea salt
• 1 cracked pepper
• 3 slice bacon, halved
• 4 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
• 1 paprika
• 1 poultry seasoning
• 1 garlic powder
• 1 sage

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Add salt and pepper to cavity of chicken.
3. Stuff cavity with lemons, garlic, onion, thyme, and rosemary.
4. Smear 1 tbsp of butter over top of chicken and drizzle with olive oil.
5. Season top of chicken, including the legs and wings, with salt, pepper, poultry seasoning, sage, garlic powder, and paprika.
6. Place bacon strips across the top of the chicken breast, slightly overlapping, if needed.
7. Slice skin near the drumsticks.
8. Place chunks of butter by both drumsticks and wings.
9. Place on a roasting rack in center of the oven, and roast for approximately one hour, or until juices run clear when poked with a fork.
10. Bacon will baste chicken while it cooks.
11. Remove from oven, carve, and serve!

chicken, lemons, rosemary, thyme, onion, clove garlic, salt, cracked pepper, bacon, butter, olive oil, paprika, poultry seasoning, garlic, sage

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/367352-savory-roasted-chicken (may not work)