My Lemon Herb Chicken

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (6 lb) chicken
• salt & fresh ground pepper (to taste)
• 1 lemon (wedged)
• 6 garlic cloves (peeled)
• 2 tablespoons thyme leaves
• 1 tablespoon rosemary
• 3 tablespoons parsley
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/3 cup olive oil

Recipe

• 1 heat oven 475.
• 2 rinse and dry chicken. season cavity. stuff with the lemon wedges and 3 cloves of the garlic.
• 3 puree the remaining 3 cloves garlic, herbs, lemon juice, pepper flakes and oil.
• 4 rub all over and under skin of chicken.
• 5 truss. place in a sprayed 9x13.
• 6 roast 15 minutes. baste.
• 7 reduce oven to 325. roast 1 1/2 hours more, basting often.
• 8 let stand 10 minutes before carving.