Spicy Roasted Chicken

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 lbs whole chickens
• 1 teaspoon chili powder (berbere)
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil or 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons dry wine or 2 tablespoons dry sherry
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon basil
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 lemons or 2 limes

Recipe

• 1 remove fat; clean the chicken inside and outside with cold water; soak the chicken for 15 minutes with cold water, lemon or lime juice and a pinch of salt.
• 2 meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degree.
• 3 mix the oil, chili pepper powder, wine, garlic, black pepper and salt;.
• 4 pat the chicken to dry; rub the chicken with some of the spiced mixture inside and outside.
• 5 put in the the rest of spiced mixture between the skin and the meat using thin flat wooden stick.
• 6 sprinkle oregano and basil all over the chicken.
• 7 tight the legs, tuck in the wings and place the chicken in the roasting pan breast up side; roast the chicken for 30 minutes; reduce the heat to 350 degree and continue roasting for another 30-40 minutes.
• 8 keep it outside for 10 minutes to settle before cutting.