Best Roasted Chicken With Garlic Rosemary And Lemon Butter Recipes

LEMON, GARLIC & ROSEMARY ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Add butter to a medium sized bowl.
• Add in olive oil, rosemary, garlic and lemon zest.
• Stir to combine. Set aside.
• Generously season chicken with salt and pepper, including inside of the cavity.
• Brush the butter mixture onto the chicken generously covering up all of the chicken.
• Squeeze the juice of 2 lemons all over the chicken.
• Stuff the chicken with lemon slices, rosemary and onions.
• Tie together the legs if desired.
• Place chicken in roasting pan.
• Cook for 45 minutes and then baste.
• Return to oven and cook for another 15 minutes or until golden. Lightly tent with foil if chicken is browning too quickly.
• Let chicken cool for 15 minute before carving.
• Enjoy

WHOLE ROASTED CHICKEN (WITH LEMON, GARLIC & ROSEMARY)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425° F
• Remove the chicken giblets. Rinse chicken inside and out. Pat dry. Place chicken in a large roasting pan, breast side up.
• Salt and pepper the cavity of the chicken. Cut 1 lemon in quarters and stuff in the cavity along with garlic halves, and 2-3 sprigs rosemary.
• Truss legs (tie them together with kitchen twine).
• Melt butter in microwave or small pan on stove. Brush the outside of chicken with butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Tuck wings under the body of the chicken.
• Roast for 45 minutes and then baste with pan juices. Continue to cook for another 20-25 minutes, until golden brown and until the juices run clear when you cut between a leg and thigh. Lightly cover chicken with foil of chicken is browning too quickly.
• Remove chicken from the oven and let rest in the cooking pan for 10-15 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to a cutting board. Remove aromatics and vegetables from the cavity. Carve the chicken and serve on a platter. Garnish platter with remaining rosemary and lemon slices (optional).

ROAST CHICKEN WITH LEMON, GARLIC, AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Pat chicken dry and sprinkle salt on all sides and inside the cavity. Sprinkle with black pepper. Pluck the leaves from 1 spring of rosemary and sprinkle on the chicken. Place the other whole sprig inside the cavity along with garlic and lemon.
• Place the chicken on a roasting rack set inside a roasting pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

OVEN ROASTED CHICKEN WITH LEMON ROSEMARY GARLIC BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°F and position a rack in the lower third of the oven. Mix the butter with minced rosemary, 3 cloves of minced garlic, lemon zest, salt and pepper.
• Pat the chicken dry and rub half of the butter, garlic and lemon zest mixture under the skin and the rest over the chicken and season with salt and pepper. Generously season cavity of chicken with salt and pepper and stuff with lemon half, ½ head of garlic, 2-3 quarters of onion and 2 rosemary sprigs. Truss legs with cooking twine and tuck wings under bird.
• Place chicken in a roasting pan breast-side-up with the remaining onion, garlic, lemons and herbs. Add ½ cup of white wine.
• Roast for 30 minutes or until the breast is firm and just beginning to brown in spots. Using tongs, turn the chicken breast-down, baste with juices and roast for 20 minutes longer, until the skin is lightly browned. Using tongs, turn the chicken breast-side-up and baste again. Add ½ cup of water if wine has evaporated. Roast for about 20 minutes longer, until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the inner thigh registers 155°F to 160°F and juices are running clear.
• Transfer the bird to a cutting board and tent with foil. Remove aromatics and vegetables from the cavity, carve the chicken and serve.

ROASTED CHICKEN WITH GARLIC, ROSEMARY AND LEMON BUTTER

Steps:

• 1. Adjust oven rack to middle position; heat oven to 450 degrees. Line bottom of broiler pan with foil, place broiler pan rack on top; set aside. In small bowl, mix 1/2 teaspoon salt with garlic, rosemary, lemon zest, and butter until combined. Sprinkle underside of chicken liberally with salt and pepper. Following illustrations 1 through 3 below, gently loosen bottom portion of skin covering each breast. Using small spoon, place a quarter of softened butter under skin, directly on meat in center of each breast half. Using spoon, spread butter evenly over breast meat. Rub skin of each whole breast with 1 1/2 teaspoons oil and sprinkle liberally with pepper. Set chicken on roasting rack and then on rimmed baking sheet. 2. Roast until thickest part of breast registers 160 degrees on instant-read thermometer, 50 to 60 minutes. Transfer chicken to cutting board and let rest 5 minutes. To carve, follow illustrations 1 through 3 below. Serve immediately.

ROSEMARY & LEMON ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Very finely chop 2 sprigs of the rosemary and mix with 2 tbsp of the butter and the garlic, lemon zest and chilli. Gently lift the skin away from the breast of the chicken and press the butter underneath on both sides. Rub the remaining butter on the outside of the chicken. Stuff the lemon inside the cavity.
• Place the chicken on a wire rack along with the carrots in a medium roasting tin. Season, then scatter with the remaining rosemary leaves. Roast the chicken for 1 hr 10 mins or until the juices run clear, then remove from the oven and let it rest for 10 mins before carving. Serve it on a board with the carrots and a bowl of the roasting juices.

GARLIC AND ROSEMARY LEMON-ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with foil.
• Roll the lemon and cut in half lengthwise. Slice one half into quarters and set the other half aside for baking and basting. Cut onion into 4 pieces; slice one piece and sprinkle on the prepared baking sheet. Set remaining onion pieces aside.
• Mix garlic salt, sage, turmeric, basil, rosemary, and pepper together until well combined; divide evenly into 2 bowls.
• Rinse chicken in cold water and dry off. Trim and discard excess fat and separate skin from meat. Stuff inside of the chicken with arugula, 4 lemon slices, 3 onion pieces, and garlic cloves. Tie the legs together with twine. Spread 2 tablespoons ghee underneath the skin and another 2 tablespoons ghee on top of the skin, all over the chicken.
• Add 2 tablespoon ghee and butter to one bowl of spices. Microwave for 45 seconds. Stir and spread underneath the skin. Microwave remaining 1 tablespoon ghee and brush on top of skin. Sprinkle remaining seasoning all over chicken and pat into the skin; do not rub. Lightly squeeze some of the remaining lemon half on top of chicken and place chicken, breast-side up, on the onion slices on the baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 1 hour and 30 minutes, basting with juices and remaining lemon juice every 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes before slicing, continuing to baste.

LEMON-ROSEMARY-GARLIC ROASTED CHICKEN QUARTERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• In a small roasting pan or other metal baking dish, arrange pealed and quartered potatoes. Drizzle with 1 tbs. olive oil and season with 1/4 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoons pepper. Toss to coat, arrange in a single layer then arrange chunks of onions throughout the potatoes.
• Rub chicken quarters with 1/4 teaspoons salt, 1/4 teaspoons pepper, chicken bouillon powder, rosemary, garlic and olive oil.
• Arrange quarters atop potatoes in roasting pan, drizzle chicken and potatoes sticking out from underneath with melted butter. Then squeeze the lemon atop all.
• Roast uncovered for 35-40 minutes at 400°F.
• Then increase oven temperature to 425 F and roast for another 10-15 minutes until skin is lightly browned and crispy, and juices run clear from the thickest part between the drumstick and thigh.
• Remove from oven and allow to rest for 10 minutes before serving.