Succulent Baked Chicken

Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 large whole chicken
• 1 -2 teaspoon parsley
• 1 -2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon rosemary
• 1 lemon, wedged
• salt and pepper
• 1 lemon, sliced
• 2 -3 tablespoons butter
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 -2 teaspoon paprika

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180c/350â°f
• 2 line a 9" x 13" glass baking dish with a very large piece of foil, big enough to wrap up the chicken.
• 3 in a small bowl, mix the parsley, thyme and rosemary.
• 4 rinse the chicken and pat the outside dry with paper(kitchen)towels. place in the lined baking dish.
• 5 squeeze the juice from the wedged lemon inside the chicken and then put the lemon wedges inside the chicken. sprinkle the inside of the chicken with 1/3 of the herbs and salt and pepper.
• 6 squeeze the juice from the lemon slices on the chicken and lay the slices on top of it. dot with butter.
• 7 sprinkle with the remaining herbs, the paprika, salt and pepper.
• 8 arrange the sliced onion around the chicken.
• 9 fold up the sides of the foil on the chicken and roll up the foil like a parcel.
• 10 place in the preheated oven for 2 1/2 hours. do not open the oven until the time is up.
• 11 remove the dish from the oven and let sit for about 15-20 minutes before opening the foil.
• 12 transfer the chicken to a cutting board. you can then use the juice in the pan to make a gravy.