Roast Lemon Chicken

Pair with a cool Pinot Grigio and green beans for a great spring meal.

Category: Main Dish

Cuisine: Italian

☆☆☆☆☆

18 reviews 
Ready in 45 minutes
by stevemur

Ingredients

1 whole Chicken about 3 lbs

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon Butter

2 large cloves Garlic pressed

1 whole Lemon juiced, peel reserved

1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg freshly grated

2 whole Potatoes quartered lengthwise


Directions

Rinse chicken; pat dry. In a heavy iron frying pan, heat oil and butter over medium heat until foamy. Add garlic, lemon juice, a 1x2 inch slice of lemon peel, and nutmeg. Add chicken to pan, breast-side up, and brush lavishly with basting mixture. Put in 350 degree oven to bake. As soon as you put chicken in oven, put potatoes into lightly salted water; parboil for 10 minutes. Drain, dip cut sides in chicken's pan juices, then set them around the chicken. Baste chicken again, return pan to oven, and bake for 30 to 40 minutes. Baste both chicken and potatoes again at least once while baking.

Reviews

☆☆☆☆

Delicious & moist chicken. Potatoes were very nice,too. Don't forget to salt and pepper or lemon pepper the breast before roasting. I could not dip the potatoes because of the wire rack in the pan-but there were enough pan juices by that time to baste them with. Also added some thyme with the potatoes.

S0NRISA4
☆☆☆☆

carolarrasmith
☆☆☆☆

Very moist easy recipe. We really enjoy the garlic flavor, so I added a garlic bulb to the cavity and topped with a little lemon-pepper seasoning. Still had the feeling it was missing something though. I was thinking rosemary, but after reading another comment that someone added fresh thyme, I think that may be a good addition as well. Definitely be preparing this one again though. ;)

TastyLove
☆☆☆☆

Great easy recipe...but forgot the seasoning?? I added carrots and peppers to this too!

Skazzyskills
☆☆☆☆

I made this with boneless skinless chicken breasts and had to guess on the cook time and ended up with chicken that was a little too dry. But the flavors were great and the potatoes were amazing! Next time I'll use more lemon.

Querian

See all 18 reviews »

Review this recipe »

Related Recipes

Get the BigOven app!

Find any recipe, add your own, make grocery lists easily from recipes. Enter any 3 ingredients and BigOven will tell you what you can make. It's free! (4.5/5 stars)