Plain roast chicken is given an exotic flair with preserved lemon. Serve with a couscous side dish.
15m
PREP TIME
1hr 30m
COOK TIME
304
CALORIES
7
INGREDIENTS
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 preserved lemon
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 whole chicken, about 4 pounds
- 1/2 teaspoon McCormick Gourmet™ Sicilian Sea Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon McCormick Gourmet™ Organic Coarse Ground Black Pepper
- 3 McCormick Gourmet™ Organic Turkish Bay Leaves
INSTRUCTIONS
- 1 Preheat oven to 375°F. Remove and discard pulp from preserved lemon. Rinse peel to remove excess salt. Finely chop 1/2 of the peel (about 2 tablespoons). Reserve remaining peel. Mix chopped peel, butter and garlic in small bowl until well blended. Season chicken with sea salt and pepper
- 2 Slide fingers under skin of the breasts and as much of the legs as possible. Spread butter mixture evenly under skin of breasts and legs. Place a bay leaf under skin of each breast. Place reserved peel and remaining bay leaf in cavity of chicken. Place chicken on rack in foil-lined roasting pan
- 3 Roast 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours or until chicken is cooked through
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