Tangy Lemon Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lemons
• 1 whole roasting chicken (about 5 lbs)
• salt
• pepper
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons parsley, fresh, chopped
• 1 tablespoon thyme, fresh, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon rosemary, fresh, chopped
• 1 small yellow onion, peeled and quartered
• 2 bulbs fennel, cut into wedges
• 2 red onions, peeled and cut into wedges

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 450 degrees fahrenheit.
• 2 juice 1 lemon and quarter remaining lemon.
• 3 season chicken with salt and pepper.
• 4 in bowl, combine olive oil, garlic, herbs, and 2 tbsp lemon juice.
• 5 spread ½ this mixture under skin of chicken.
• 6 place lemon and yellow onion quarters in cavity of chicken; tie legs together with chicken twine.
• 7 spread remaining lemon mixture evenly over chicken.
• 8 place fennel wedges and red onion wedges in roasting pan and place chicken on top on vegetables.
• 9 roast 15 minutes.
• 10 reduce oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
• 11 roast for 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes or until thermometer inserted in chicken thigh, not touching bone, reads 170 degrees fahrenheit.
• 12 let sit for 10 minutes before slicing.