Roasted Garlic Chicken With Rosemary

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 heads garlic
• 1 lemon, cut in half
• 2 tablespoons butter, at room temp. divided
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary, plus
• 3 sprigs fresh rosemary
• 1 teaspoon salt, divided
• 3/4 teaspoon pepper, divided
• 6 -7 lbs roasting chickens
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup wine

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 chop 2 cloves garlic from 1 head, reserve cut off top third of all 3 garlic heads and discard.
• 3 grate 2 tsp zest from lemon; cut lemon in half.
• 4 combine chopped garlic& zest with 1 tbsp butter, chopped rosemary, 1/4 tsp salt& 1/4 tsp pepper.
• 5 separate chicken skin from breast; spread butter mixture over breast meat, place lemon halves, 1 garlic head and rosemary sprigs in cavity.
• 6 spread remaining butter over skin; sprinkle with 1/4 tsp salt& 1/4 tsp pepper.
• 7 place chicken on rack in roasting pan; add remaining garlic heads to roasting pan; roast for about 2 hrs or until juices run clear when pierced with fork; transfer to serving platter; let stand 10 minutes before carving meanwhile, place broth in bowl; stir in flour& remaining salt& pepper; reserve place roasting pan over two burners on high; add wine, cook stirring constantly about 1 minute; add broth mixture;cook stirring constantly until thickened;2-3 minutes.
• 8 remove from heat;strain if necessary; serve chicken with gravy.
• 9 serve roasted garlic cloves from heads with chicken.