Roast Chicken with Lemon, Garlic, and Rosemary

Roast chicken could not be easier - or tastier - than with this recipe. Lemon, rosemary, and garlic help to flavor this gloriously roasted chicken with crispy skin.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 438 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 lemon, halved
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1 whole chicken
• 2 sprigs rosemary

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).

Step 2

Pat chicken dry and sprinkle salt on all sides and inside the cavity. Sprinkle with black pepper. Pluck the leaves from 1 spring of rosemary and sprinkle on the chicken. Place the other whole sprig inside the cavity along with garlic and lemon.

Step 3

Place the chicken on a roasting rack set inside a roasting pan.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).