Roast Lemon-Stuffed Chicken

Name: Roast Lemon-Stuffed Chicken
Ingredients: One 4-½ to 5-pound chicken, neck and wing tips reserved; One 4-½ to 5-pound chicken, neck and wing tips reserved; One 4-½ to 5-pound chicken, neck and wing tips reserved; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 1 large lemon; 2 large sprigs thyme; 1½ tablespoons olive oil; 1 whole head garlic, unpeeled, cut in half horizontally; 1 cup chicken stock, homemade or canned; 1 cup chicken stock, homemade or canned; 1 cup chicken stock, homemade or canned; 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Lemons (A Country Garden Cookbook)

By Christopher Idone

Published 1995

About

Stuffing the chicken with lemon and herbs perfumes the flesh and keeps it moist.

Ingredients

One 4-½ to 5-pound chicken, neck and wing tips reserved
Kosher salt and freshly ground blac

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

Remove the fat from the cavity of the chicken and salt and pepper the cavity. Prick the entire surface of the lemon with a fork and place the lemon and thyme in the cavity of the bird. Truss the bird and rub the skin with the oil. Season the e