Whether you're looking for that special someone to pop the question or you just want a different and delicious way to cook chicken, this recipe is for you! The real recipe is found here, but I didn't feel like adding all those garnishes, so I simplified it a bit and added lemon juice to the sauce.
Ingredients:
1 whole roasting chicken
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 or 3 whole lemons
salt
pepper
Method:
1.) Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
2.) Remove giblets and rinse chicken thoroughly, inside and out. Make sure it's dry-ish (like no puddles of water left inside)
3.) Pour the lemon juice all over the inside and outside of the chicken.
4.) Salt and pepper the chicken, inside and out.
5.) Prick the lemons with a fork a few times all over, then place them inside cavity of the chicken. I only needed two lemons and I had to shove pretty hard to keep them inside. I think I broke a few ribs, so don't be shy about getting those lemons to stay put.
6.) Place the chicken breast-side down in a roasting pan with a rack. Bake for 15 min at 400 degrees F.
7.) Take the chicken out of the oven and flip it over. My chicken wasn't too hot, so I could do it with my hands, but a pair of tongs or wooden spoons works too. Reposition the lemons if they fall out.
8.) Lower oven temp to 350 and bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, depending on the weight of the chicken. The recipe gave an equation of 18-20 minutes per pound plus an extra 15 minutes because it's stuffed with lemons.
9.) When the chicken is cooked, let it rest for 10 min. before serving. Take the lemons out and squeeze them into a bowl. They'll be nice and soft and everything will come out easily. Pour the drippings (which they called "marry me juice") into that bowl as well and pour the concoction over the chicken as you eat it.
10.) YUM!!!!
