Roast Chicken With Orange, Lemon & Ginger

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lemon
• 1 (5 lb) roasting chickens
• 1 lemon, zest of, grated (then cut lemon into quarters)
• 1 orange, zest of, grated (then cut orange into quarters)
• 3 tablespoons peeled and grated fresh gingerroot
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
• 3 tablespoons honey
• orange section (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 preheat an oven to 400°f
• 2 cut the lemon into quarters.
• 3 rub the outside of the chicken with one of the lemon quarters then discard.
• 4 in a small bowl, stir together the lemon and orange zests and 1 tablespoon of the grated ginger.
• 5 rub this mixture evenly in the cavity and put the lemon and orange quarters inside the bird.
• 6 place the chicken on a rack in a roasting pan.
• 7 sprinkle it with salt and pepper.
• 8 in the now-empty small bowl, combine the melted olive oil, lemon and orange juices, honey, and the remaining 2 tablespoons ginger and mix well.
• 9 place the chicken in the oven on its side and roast about ten minutes; turn on its other side and roast ten minutes more.
• 10 turn oven down to 350°f and turn chicken so it is roasting breast side up and roast till done--about another 40 minutesuntil the juices run clear when the thigh is pierced with a knife, about 1 hour.
• 11 baste with the citrus juice mixture at least 4 times during cooking.
• 12 transfer to a serving platter and let rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
• 13 variation: use 4 tablespoons pomegranate juice in place of the lemon juice.