Lemon and garlic roasted chicken

Name: Lemon and garlic roasted chicken
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: healthy
Ingredients: 2kg whole chicken1 bulb garlicfreshly ground black pepper1 lemon2-3 sprigs fresh rosemary or thymeolive oil cooking spraystring; ...

Serves: 6
Time to make: 1 hr 45 mins

Total cost: $ 20.16 / $ 3.36 per serve

(at time of publication)

Ingredients

2kg whole chicken
1 bulb garlic
freshly ground black pepper
1 lemon
2-3 sprigs fresh rosemary or thyme
olive oil cooking spray
string

Instructions

1 Preheat the oven to 190°C.

2 Break the garlic bulb into small cloves, leaving the skin intact. Cut the lemon into 6-8 wedges.

3 Once the chicken is clean and dry, fill the cavity with garlic cloves, lemon wedges and herbs.

4 Use the string to tie the legs together (this helps the chicken retain a better shape and cook more evenly). Transfer the chicken to a roasting tin with a rack. Season with a little black pepper and olive oil and then roast in the centre of the oven for 1 1/2 hours, until golden brown, basting once or twice. To test the chicken is thoroughly cooked, pierce the thickest part of the leg with a skewer and make sure the juices run clear. Allow to rest before carving.

5 Serve the breast with garlic paste from the roasted cloves. Simply slip the cloves from their skins and mash with a fork.