i've been typing so much today and my fingers are so sore so i'm just going to go right ahead and copy and paste this one (; the pictures are mine though so i'm not COMPLETELY cheating (:
Ingredients
- 1 (5 to 6-pound) roasting chicken
- kosher or sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 large bunch fresh thyme
- 4 lemons
- 3 heads garlic, cut in 1/2 crosswise
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/2 pound sliced bacon
- 2-3 mixed variety of potatoes
- four carrots cut in two in pieces
Directions
1. preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
2.remove the chicken giblets. rinse the chicken inside and out. remove any excess fat and leftover pinfeathers and pat the outside dry.
3. place the chicken in a large roasting pan. liberally salt and pepper the inside of the chicken.
4. stuff the cavity with the thyme, reserving enough thyme to garnish the chicken dish, 1 lemon, halved, and two halves of the garlic.
5. brush the outside of the chicken with the butter and sprinkle again with salt and pepper.
6. cut two of the lemons in quarters and chop the potatoes in one-inch pieces and scatter the lemons, potatoes, carrots and remaining garlic around the chicken. lay the bacon slices over the chicken to cover.
7. roast the chicken for 1 hour. remove the bacon slices from the top of the chicken and set aside. 8.continue roasting the chicken for an additional 1/2 hour, or until the juices run clear when you cut between a leg and thigh.
your finished result should look something like...
THIS!
this is a great dish for entertaining! and don't worry, the carrots and lemons are in there somewhere (:
VIOLA AND HAPPY EATING!
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