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Garlic Butter Crispy Roast Chicken
Garlic Herb Butter Roast Chicken packed with unbelievable flavours, crispy skin, and so juicy! Nothing beats an easy to make and even easier to prepare roast chook! Especially when roasted with garlic butter, rosemary, parsley, lemon, and a hint of white wine. Beats any rotisserie chicken!
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 25m⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 1h 15m👤 Karina Carrel📖 cafedelites
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- pan
- oven
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat oven to 430°F | 220°C (400°F or 200°C fan forced). Line a baking tray with foil, or lightly grease a roasting pan.
2
Discard neck from inside the cavity and remove any excess fat and leftover feathers. Pat dry with paper towels.
3
Pour the olive oil, melted butter, wine (if using) and the juice of half a lemon over the chicken, under the skin and inside the cavity. Season chicken liberally on the outside and inside the cavity with salt and pepper. Sprinkle over the parsley.
olive oil3 tablespoonslemon (halved)1cup unsalted butter (melted)1/4salt (to taste)1 pinchpepper (to taste)1 pinchfresh parsley (chopped)2 tablespoons
4
Rub the minced garlic over the chicken, mixing all ingredients together over the chicken and under the skin.
garlic (minced)4 cloveshead garlic (head of garlic roughly peeled and cut in half horizontally through the middle, crosswise)1
5
Stuff the garlic head into the chicken cavity along with the rosemary sprigs and the squeezed lemon halve. Tie legs together with kitchen string.
garlic (minced)4 cloveshead garlic (head of garlic roughly peeled and cut in half horizontally through the middle, crosswise)1fresh rosemary (whole sprigs)3lemon (halved)1
6
Place breast-side up into baking tray or roasting pan. Roast for ⏱️ 1 hour and ⏱️ 15-20 minutes, basting half way through cooking time, until juices run clear when chicken thigh is pierced with a skewer.
7
Baste again, then broil for a further ⏱️ 2-3 minutes, until golden.
8
Remove from the oven, cover with foil and allow to stand for ⏱️ 10 minutes before serving. Serve, drizzled with pan juices and remaining lemon half cut into wedges or slices.
lemon (halved)1
Nutrition Facts
calories
693 kcal
fat Content
55 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
0.4 g
sodium Content
194 mg
protein Content
41 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
194 mg
carbohydrate Content
4 g
saturated Fat Content
18 g
unsaturated Fat Content
33 g
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