Tuscan Lemon Chicken (skillet Or Grill)

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (3 lb) whole chickens
• kosher salt
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest (from 2 lemons)
• 1/3 cup lemon juice, freshly squeezed
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon rosemary, minced
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1 lemon, halved

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle chicken with 1 tsp salt on each side.
• 2 combine oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic, rosemary and 1 tsp pepper in a glass dish (just large enough to hold the flattened chicken). add the chicken, and turn to coat. cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
• 3 preheat oven to 425 degrees f.
• 4 flatten the chicken by removing the back bone in the center. then with your hands, press down, cut around and remove the breastbone with a boning knife.
• 5 heat a cast iron pan over med-high heat. add some oil and when it starts to smoke, put chicken inches cook on both sides, brown well. should be 5-8 minutes per side, and then turn the chicken over. put pan with chicken in oven and roast for 30-45 minutes.
• 6 remove from oven and let sit, tented with tin foil, for 5-10 minutes to let it rest. return cast iron pan to stovetop, put over med heat, and grill the cut sides of the lemons for 5 minutes or so.
• 7 break apart into quarters, sprinkle with salt and serve with grilled lemon halves.