Roast Chicken With Rosemary Lemon Salt

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (4 lb) chicken
• 1 1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 sprig fresh rosemary
• 1 lemon, cut in chunks
• 1 tablespoon finely zested fresh lemon rind
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary
• 1 tablespoon salt
• black pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450°.
• 2 rinse chicken inside and out and dry well.
• 3 in a bowl, combine lemon zest, 1 tablespoon minced rosemary, salt and pepper and mix well.
• 4 rub the chicken all over with the olive oil, then rub with the seasoned salt.
• 5 tuck the rosemary sprig and lemon chunks into the chicken cavity.
• 6 place chicken in roasting pan and roast for 15 minutes.
• 7 reduce oven temperature to 375° and continue roasting for about one more hour or until juices run clear when thigh is pierced with a skewer.
• 8 the recipe did not state to baste with pan juices, but the next time i make this chicken i will do so.
• 9 remove from oven and let rest for 15 minutes before carving.