Country Roast Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 ea. (3 lbs) broiler/fryer chicken, giblets removed
- ¼ cup Country Roast Chicken Seasoning
- 3 sprigs rosemary
- 8 sprigs thyme
- 1 large lemon, sliced thinly
- 1 large lemon, cut in wedges
- 2 tbsp butter
Ingredients for 5 servings (1.5 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Loosen skin from chicken. Rub flesh with chicken seasoning.
- 2
Place lemon slices in the bottom of a roasting pan and place chicken on top.
- 3
Stuff chicken 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 the butter.
Oven - 6
Bake in a 325°F oven until breast internal temperature reaches 165°F and thigh meat reaches 170°F.
Oven - 7
Cover with foil and let rest 10 minutes; serve.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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