Roasted Chicken With Lemon Sauce

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 chicken halves (3 to 4 pounds total)
• salt and pepper
• 1 1/4 cups dry wine
• 3/4 cup canned reduced-sodium chicken broth
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450 degrees. season chicken with salt and pepper. in a large roasting pan with a rack, cook chicken, skin side up, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 165 degrees. about 45 minutes. remove chicken and rack.
• 2 make sauce: pour pan juices into a measuring cup; skim off fat. in pan, cook wine over medium-high, scraping up bits, until reduced by a fourth, 4 to 6 minutes. add broth, lemon juice, and pan juices. cook until reduced by a fourth, 5 minutes. stir in oregano. add water, if needed, to make 1 1/2 cups. serve two chicken halves with 1/2 cup of the sauce.