Roast Chicken With Roasted Lemons And Wilted Watercress
- One 4 1/2-pound chicken at room temperature, wing tips removed
- 6 lemons, each cut into 8 wedges, seeded, and the central membrane and thick peel tips cut away with scissors
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 large bunches watercress, arugula, or spinach, heavy stems removed (about 5 cups loosely packed)
- 1/2 cup chicken stock, fake chicken stock, or sterile-pack
- 3/4 cups olives, such as Kalamata or Nicoise
- Kosher salt
- Heat the oven to 500F with a rack in the center.
- Place the chicken in a roasting pan no more than 2 1/2 inches deep.
- Put in the oven feet end-first.
- Roast for 15 minutes.
- Take the pan from the oven and shut the door.
- Jostle the chicken to unstick it.
- Rub the lemon pieces with the oil and place around the chicken in the pan.
- Return to the oven and roast for 10 minutes.
- Turn the lemon pieces over.
- Roast for 10 minutes more.
- Repeat.
- Carefully move the chicken to a platter, tilting it to allow any juices to run into the pan.
- Place the lemon pieces at one end of the platter.
- Put the pan on top of the stove over high heat.
- Toss in the watercress.
- Stir-fry for about 4 minutes.
- Spoon the wilted leaves out onto the end of the platter opposite the lemons.
- Return the pan to the heat.
- Add the chicken stock and olives.
- Cook until the olives are heated through.
- Add salt to taste.
- The amount will depend on the saltiness of the olives.
chicken, lemons, olive oil, bunches, chicken stock, olives, kosher salt
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/roast-chicken-with-roasted-lemons-and-wilted-watercress (may not work)