Oven-Baked Herbed Chicken
By: Busy Kitchenette
Published: Friday, June 24, 2011 - 2:36am

Ingredients




Ingredients:
1 whole chicken- about 1.5 kls
1 bunch lemongrass
1 big onion, chopped
1/8 cup cup calamansi juice or 1/4 lemon juice
30 cups g McCormick Zesty Garlic Mix, dissolved in 1/2 water
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary herb
1/4 teaspoon ground peppercorn
25 grams butter, about

Preparation

1 Clean the chicken. Make sure to remove the small feathers in the skin. Remove the insides. Wash the chicken and pat dry. 2 In a bowl, mix the zesty garlic, 1/8 tsp ground peppercorn and salt. Pour over the chicken and inside the cavity. Let the chicken absorb the flavor. Marinate overnight in the fridge. 3 Pre-heat oven to 210°C. 4 Remove the chicken from the marinade. 5 Rub the chicken with the calamansi juice. 6 Stuff the lemongrass and chopped onions inside the chicken through its cavity. 7 Rub the chicken with butter. 8 Then sprinkle the rest of the ground peppercorn and the rosemary. 9 Secure the legs of the chicken with a string or lemongrass leaf. 10 Wrap the chicken in foil, in doing this, we are sure all the flavors will be absorb by the chicken. Then place into a baking dish. 11 Bake for 1 hour. 12 Then carefully remove the top foil (not the entire foil, just the piece that covers the chicken). 13 Bake for another 1 hour. We want to have that tender crisp and nice golden brown color of the chicken. 14 When done, let stand for about 5-10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!