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Roast lemon chicken

Name: Roast lemon chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 900 g (2lb) whole chicken; 2 tbsp. olive oil; Sea salt flakes and ground black pepper; 2 lemons; 150 mL (1⁄4 pint) dry white wine; 5 garlic cloves; 4 medium potatoes; 2 tbsp. chopped fresh thyme; 2 onions

This roast chicken only needs 15 minutes preparation time, so once it's in the oven, all you need to think about is what to serve with it!

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 18 October 1999

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Yields:

Prep Time:

15 mins

Cook Time:

1 hr 20 mins

Total Time:

1 hr 35 mins

Ingredients

900 g (2lb) whole chicken
2 Tbsp. olive oil
Sea salt flakes and ground black pepper
2 lemons
150 ml (1⁄4 pint) dry white wine
5 garlic cloves
4 medium potatoes
2 Tbsp. chopped fresh thyme
2 onions

Directions

1. Step 1
  Rub the chicken with oil, salt and pepper, then place four thick slices of lemon between the skin and the breast of the chicken. Squeeze the remaining lemon and pour the juice over the chicken, then put the used lemon shells inside the body cavity. Put the chicken in a roasting tin, breast-side up, with the wine, 150ml (1⁄4 pint) water, the whole, unpeeled garlic cloves and the scrubbed potatoes, cut into wedges. Sprinkle the chicken with the chopped thyme.
2. Step 2
  Cook at 200°C (400°F) mark 6 for 20min. Turn the chicken over, add the quartered onions to the potatoes and cook for a further 1hr or until the juices run clear when the thigh joint is pierced with a sharp knife. Allow the chicken to rest in a warm place for 5–10min to make carving easier.
  
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Cook's tips

• If you want to get the potatoes really crispy, begin roasting them separately in a large shallow roasting tin, then transfer them when they begin to look golden.

• If you like, replace the lemon and thyme with orange and chopped rosemary.

Per Serving:

Calories: 500
Total carbs: 43 g
Total fat: 21 g
Saturated fat: 6 g

The GH Kitchen Team

The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time