Anders Bandt

Garlic Lemon Roast Chicken

Ingredients

  • Multiple pound chicken (4-5 pounds)
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/4 cup white wine (optional)
  • 1 lemon
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 head of garlic
  • 3 fresh rosemary sprigs
  • 4 carrots, 2-inch chunks
  • 1 bulb of fennel (optional if you used rosemary and parsley)
  • 1 large yellow onion, thickly sliced

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 420 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Pat the outside your chicken dry.
  • Pour the olive oil, melted butter, wine (if using) and the juice of half a lemon over the chicken and inside the cavity. Make sure to get some under the skin. Liberally season the chicken with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with parsley.
  • Rub minced garlic over the chicken, making sure again to mix over the chicken and under the skin.
  • Stuff the garlic head into the chicken cavity along with the rosemary sprigs.
  • Place the carrots, fennel, and yellow onion in the roasting pan. Toss with olive oil and butter as well.
  • Roast chicken for around 1 hour but probably just short of 1 hour. or until the juices run clear. Remove chicken from oven and cover with aluminum foil for 20 minutes. Then serve.

Notes

** **I made this recipe on October 4th, 2020. Ollie’s mom walked in and smelled the kitchen and was very surprised to smell that coming from a college kitchen!