Roast Chicken With Lemon-dill Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 roasting chicken, about 3 â½ lbs
• 5 sprigs fresh dill or 1 1/2 teaspoons dill weed
• 1 red onion, quartered
• 1 lemon, quartered
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 1/2 cup dry wine
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• additional dill sprigs
• lemon wedge

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 rinse chicken, inside and out, with cold water.
• 3 pat dry.
• 4 place chicken on roasting rack and put 4 sprigs of dill (or 1 t dill weed) and quartered onion inside bird.
• 5 rub surface of chicken with lemon and spread with butter.
• 6 place 2 wedges of lemon inside bird, then place chicken in roasting pan and add wine and broth to pan.
• 7 roast for 1 ½ hours or until tender, basting with liquid every 15-20 minutes.
• 8 transfer chicken from pan to a warmed platter and keep warm.
• 9 chop the remaining sprig of dill.
• 10 strain the pan juices into a saucepan.
• 11 reserve 2 t of liquid and mix with the cornstarch until smooth.
• 12 pour cornstarch mixture into juices and bring to a boil.
• 13 whisk until smooth, add remaining dill and lemon, and then check for seasoning.
• 14 carve chicken and serve with sauce.
• 15 garnish with extra dill and lemon if desired.