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Leite's Culinaria

Roast Chicken with Lemon

The secret to this flavorful, juicy roast chicken with lemon is a dry brine. The bird is rubbed with salt overnight. Then it's rinsed, lemon slices are slid under its skin, and the bird is roasted. A simple pan gravy finishes. A great Sunday supper.
1,087
27
2 hr 20 min
TOTAL TIME
800
CALORIES
$3.82
PER SERVING
Roast Chicken with Lemon
Ingredients
10 INGREDIENTS
5 SERVINGS
Whole Chicken
3 lbs whole chicken
Lemon Thyme
2 tsp lemon thyme
minced
Unsalted Butter
4 tbsp unsalted butter
at room temperature
Kosher Salt
2 tbsp kosher salt
plus more to taste
Lemon
8 slices lemon
Black Pepper
1/2 tsp black pepper
plus more to taste
Chicken Stock
2 cups chicken stock
All Purpose Flour
2 tbsp all purpose flour
Extra-virgin Olive Oil
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
Heavy Cream
1/4 cup heavy cream
Directions
28 STEPS
45 min
PREP TIME
1 hr 35 min
COOK TIME
2 hr 20 min
TOTAL TIME
View Directions on Leite's Culinaria
Health Info
Macros
12g
CARBS
59g
FAT
54g
PROTEIN
Allowed on these diets
LACTOSE FREE
GLUTEN FREE
Contains these allergens
MILK
WHEAT