Roasted Chicken - Giangi's Kitchen
By: Giangi Townsend
Published: Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 7:20am

Ingredients




1 4 pounds roaster chicken
4 peeled garlic cloves
1 leek, top green leaves removed
1/2 onion peeled and sliced thin
2 lemons sliced on thick slices
fresh thyme
1 cup chicken stock
salt
pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation

1 Put a rack in the middle of the oven and pre-heat to 375° F. 2 Rinse the chicken and sprinkle the cavity generously with salt and pepper. Insert in the cavity a couple of the garlic cloves, half of the fresh thyme sprigs, and 2 pieces of lemons. 3 Slice the leek in small rounds and rinse if need be. Place on the bottom of a heavy baking pan. Add the sliced onions and garlic. 4 Place the chicken on top of the leeks and onions. Drizzle lightly the outside of the chicken with olive oil. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Add the lemon slices all around it and the fresh thyme. Add the chicken stock. 5 Baste occasionally and poke the chicken legs and breast to let out the juice.

About

Roasted Chicken is one of my favorite dishes to prepare. The preparation is minimal, what there is not to love about that? The stove is clean. Most of all, the oven does it all.
I love the simplicity of this recipe. Feel free to improvise if you do not have all the ingredients that I used with my recipe. Shallots are a perfect substitute for the leek. Use as much garlic as you wish, and oranges can replace the lemons. Have fun with it.