Recipe: Roast Whole Chicken with Lemon and Thyme +++

Roast Chicken with Lemon and Thyme (edited)
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

  1. Move oven shelf toward the top 1/3 of the oven
  2. Preheat oven to 450°F.
  3. Mix thyme, olive oil, garlic, chicken powder and lemon zest in a bowl. 
  4. Wipe chicken with damp kitchen towel instead of rinsing the chicken, and then pat dry outside and inside.
  5. Sprinkle the chicken with generous amount of salt and pepper.
  6. Truss the chicken and Rub all but 1 tablespoon garlic-thyme oil all over the chicken and in between the skin.
  7. Place lemon in cavity of chicken. 
  8. Put chicken in LC or roast pan but do not cover
  9. Roast chicken for 20 minutes and check for color and crispy skin.
  10. 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.
  11. Lift chicken and tilt slightly, emptying juices from cavity into pan. Transfer chicken to serving platter.  Tent chicken with aluminum foil to keep warm.
  12. Pour pan juices into large glass measuring cup. Spoon fat off top.
  13. Add wine to pan; place over high heat. Bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits.
  14. Pour wine mixture into measuring cup with pan juices (do not clean roasting pan).
  15. Add enough chicken broth to cup to measure 1 1/2 cups.
  16. Return broth mixture to same roasting pan. 
  17. Mix flour into reserved 1 tablespoon garlic-thyme oil.
  18. Whisk into broth mixture.
  19. 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.
  20. Pour into sauceboat. Serve chicken, passing pan-juice mixture separately.

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