Roasted Herb Chicken (bondage Chicken)

Total Time: 4 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 oven ready chicken (about 1 - 1.5 kg)
• 1 tablespoon dried rosemary
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon crushed black pepper (you may adjust the amounts to your taste, eg less salt.)
• 1 lemon, washed and pricked all over with fork

Recipe

• 1 rub chicken with seasoning.
• 2 prick chicken all over with fork.
• 3 stuff lemon in cavity and secure legs with kitchen string.
• 4 refrigerate for about 3-4 hours.
• 5 longer the better.
• 6 take out of fridge and roast breast-side up in a 220 degree centigrade oven.
• 7 for fan ovens, it's 200 degrees.
• 8 roast for about 45- 1 hour, depending on size and doneness required, eg for crispier skin, a longer time.
• 9 for a fan oven, you may want to turn the chicken 180 degrees (i do that).
• 10 you may also wish to subtitute rosemary with oregano.