Roast Lemon/lime/dill Chicken

Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 lbs roasting chickens
• 5 small onions, sliced 1/2 inch thick
• 1 large lemon, baseball size, cut in half
• 2 celery ribs, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 15 baby carrots
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 3 tablespoons your favorite barbecue rub, of your choice
• 1/4 cup beer or 1/4 cup wine
• 3 whole kosher dill pickles, speared
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 pre heat oven to 350f.
• 2 prepare vegetables and place in bottom of oiled 4 quart cast iron dutchoven.
• 3 reserve 1 dill pickle spears ( one whole pickle ).
• 4 wash and dry chicken.
• 5 cut lemon in half and squeeze juice over chicken.
• 6 place lemon halves in chicken cavity.
• 7 place 1 dill pickle spears into cavity (one whole pickle ).
• 8 pour lime juice over chicken and spread barbeque rub over outside of chicken.
• 9 salt and pepper to taste.
• 10 add beer or wine to pot.
• 11 roast for 2.5 hours uncovered or until done. baste often with pan juices.
• 12 let sit for 30 minutes before slicing.