Cookbook:Country Roast Chicken

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Ingredients

• 1 3-lb broiler/fryer chicken, giblets removed
• 1/4 cup Country Roast Chicken Seasoning
• 3 sprigs rosemary
• 8 sprigs thyme
• 1 large lemon, sliced thinly
• 1 large lemon, wedged
• 2 tbsp butter

Procedure

1. Loosen skin from chicken. Rub flesh with Seasoning.
2. Place lemon slices in the bottom of a roasting pan and place chicken on top.
3. Stuff cavity with thyme, rosemary, and lemon wedges.
4. Place 1 tbsp butter under the skin of each breast.
5. Insert an oven-safe probe thermometer into the breast but not touching butter.
6. Bake in a 325° oven until breast internal temperature reaches 165° and thigh meat reaches 170°. Cover with foil and let rest 10 minutes; serve.