Recipe: Roast Whole Chicken with Lemon and Thyme +++
Roast Chicken with Lemon and Thyme (edited)
by Epicurious
by Epicurious
Truss a chicken
- 4 tablespoons minced fresh thyme
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 6 garlic cloves, chopped
- 3 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 1 tablesppon of chicken powder
- 1 5-pound roasting chicken
- 1 lemon, quartered
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 cup (about) canned low-salt chicken broth
- 2 teaspoons all purpose flour
- Move oven shelf toward the top 1/3 of the oven
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Mix thyme, olive oil, garlic, chicken powder and lemon zest in a bowl.
- Wipe chicken with damp kitchen towel instead of rinsing the chicken, and then pat dry outside and inside.
- Sprinkle the chicken with generous amount of salt and pepper.
- Truss the chicken and Rub all but 1 tablespoon garlic-thyme oil all over the chicken and in between the skin.
- Place lemon in cavity of chicken.
- Put chicken in LC or roast pan but do not cover
- Roast chicken for 20 minutes and check for color and crispy skin.
- Reduce oven temperature to 375°F. Roast chicken until meat thermometer inserted into thickest part of inner thigh registers 180°F, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
- Lift chicken and tilt slightly, emptying juices from cavity into pan. Transfer chicken to serving platter. Tent chicken with aluminum foil to keep warm.
- Pour pan juices into large glass measuring cup. Spoon fat off top.
- Add wine to pan; place over high heat. Bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits.
- Pour wine mixture into measuring cup with pan juices (do not clean roasting pan).
- Add enough chicken broth to cup to measure 1 1/2 cups.
- Return broth mixture to same roasting pan.
- Mix flour into reserved 1 tablespoon garlic-thyme oil.
- Whisk into broth mixture.
- Boil broth mixture in roasting pan set over 2 burners until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Season pan-juice mixture to taste with salt and pepper.
- Pour into sauceboat. Serve chicken, passing pan-juice mixture separately.
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