How to make it

  • Preheat oven to 350F (175C)
  • Rinse chicken and pat dry
  • Zest the lemon
  • Slice remaining lemon into quarters and place to the side
  • With hand mixer, combine butter, lemon zest, minced garlic and chopped rosemary
  • Take yoru hand and slide it between the skin and the meat on the breast, as well as loosening the "pockets" between the leg and wing joints
  • Scoop some of the rosemary butter mixture onto your fingers and begin to stuff into the "pockets" on the breast, leg, wings, etc. (Save approximately 1/4 of the rosemary butter mixture and rub on the inside of the chicken)
  • Season the cavity of the chicken with the salt, pepper and paprika
  • Add the quartered lemon, rosemary sprigs and sliced garlic to the chicken cavity
  • Bind the legs with culinary twine and tuck the wings into the leg joints to secure
  • Place the chicken breast up onto the roasting rack and into the oven
  • Roast for approximately 50 minutes, or until the juices run clear
  • Remove the "stuffing", carve and serve

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  • jbrentlinger 14 years ago
    I think I will try this recipe ASAP! Sounds amazing!! Thank you!
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  • tooheymomster 16 years ago
    :)
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  • lor 16 years ago
    Looks absolutely delicious!!! Not only can I smell it now but I can taste it too ;-) Thanks for sharing.
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