Perfect Roasted Chicken With Fresh Herbs & Lemon

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme
• 1 shallot, minced
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 (3 1/2 lb) roasting chickens, giblets removed
• 1 large lemon
• 2 garlic cloves, unpeeled

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f in a small bowl, mash together butter, rosemary, thyme shallots, ½ teaspoon of salt and the pepper. with your fingers, rub butter under skin around legs and breast of chicken.
• 2 with fork, prick lemon in several places. rub cavity of chicken with ½ teaspoon salt and place the lemon and the garlic in the cavity. with kitchen string, tie legs together . lift wings up towards the neck, the fold wing tips back of chicken so wings stay in place. sprinkle remaining ½ teaspoon of salt over the chicken.
• 3 place chicken, breast-side up, on rack in 9x13-inch backing pan. roast for 50 minutes, basting frequently with pan drippings, until chicken is cooked through and richly browned.
• 4 transfer chicken to platter or carving board. pour pan drippings from backing pan into a gravy separator. pour 1 cup water or chicken broth into backing pan and stir with a whisk to scrape up any browned bits. pour deglazed juices into gravy separator. pour off fat and serve chicken with degreased pan gravy.