Roast Lemon Chicken with Potatoes

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    Four

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

  • About

Chicken, roasted with lemons and potatoes, all crisp and succulent in its tangy juices, is a traditional Friday night dinner for Greek Jews.

Ingredients

  • 1 organic or free-range chicken, about 1.6 kg/ lb
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Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Place the chicken, breast side down, in a large roasting pan, then tuck the garlic cloves and the thyme or oregano sprigs inside the bird.