ROASTED CHICKEN WITH LEMON AND ROSEMARY

This flavourful recipe makes for a tasty and impressive-looking Sunday supper.

Yield: Serves 4.

ROASTED CHICKEN WITH LEMON AND ROSEMARY

Ingredients

  • 1 broiler chicken (3 lb/1.5 kg)
  • 1 tbsp rosemary, crumbled
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 1 medium onion, cut into wedges
  • 4 strips lemon peel (1x2 inch)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice

Directions

  1. Sprinkle cavity of chicken with rosemary and 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper.
  2. Stuff cavity with onion wedges and lemon peel.
  3. Place chicken, breast side up, on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Brush chicken with oil. Drizzle lemon juice over chicken. Sprinkle with 1/4 tsp (1 mL) each salt and pepper.
  4. Roast at 425ºF for 60 - 70 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into chicken registers 180ºF.
  5. Transfer chicken to a platter and cover with foil. Let stand for 10 minutes before carving.
Nutritional analysis per 1 cup:

186 calories, 0.6 g fat, 0.4 g protein, 46 g carbohydrate, 0.3 g fibre, 20 mg sodium

*Ingredient not included in nutritional analysis.

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