Roasted chicken with garlic lemon butter
Roasted chicken with garlic lemon butter. Transfer chicken breast side up to a large oven-safe skillet. Drizzle chicken all over with melted butter (mmmmmmm) and. Pat the chicken dry and rub half of the butter, garlic and lemon zest mixture under the skin and the rest over the chicken and season with salt and pepper. This quick-cooking, easy sheet pan dinner comes together in just about an hour. In a small bowl, combine melted butter, olive oil, minced garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, parsley, and rosemary together and whisk until blended. To cook Roasted chicken with garlic lemon butter you need 7 ingredients and 3 steps quickly.
The ingredients needed to make Roasted chicken with garlic lemon butter:
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1 of large onion, peeled and quartered
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1 of large lemon, juiced and zested
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1 stick of softened unsalted butter
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1 tbsp of crushed garlic
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4 lb of whole chicken with insides removed, washed and patted dry
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1 1/2 tbsp of cavenders greek seasoning
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1 tbsp of parsley flakes
Steps to make Roasted chicken with garlic lemon butter:
- In a small bowl combine butter, garlic, lemon juice and zest and the parsley.
- Tuck wing tips under chicken or cut them off. Place the quartered onion inside cavity of chicken.
- Rub outside of chicken and under the skin with butter mixture and sprinkle with greek seasoning. Place in a roasting pan and roast it at 325 for 2 hours or until juices run clear in thickest part of the thigh meat.
Add any of the chicken juices that might have accumulated on the plate. Serve the chicken with the garlic lemon butter and crusty bread. The chicken gets roasted on top of lemon slices, onion slices AND garlic slice to infuse even MORE insane flavour through the chicken. Remove chicken to a plate when cooked. Place the chicken in a large roasting pan.
