Oven Roasted Honey Lemon Chicken Unbelievably Easy Food

OVEN ROASTED HONEY LEMON CHICKEN (UNBELIEVABLY EASY)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475ºF.In a small bowl mix water, honey, olive oil, garlic and pinch of salt.Place the chicken, breast-side down, on a cutting board.Using sharp kitchen scissors, cut closely along each side of the backbone.Remove the backbone.Turn the chicken, breast-side up, and press firmly on the breastbone with your palm to flatten.Place the chicken in a large baking dish. Generously season with salt.Arrange the carrots around the chicken.Drizzle the chicken and carrots with honey mixture.Top the chicken with lemon slices.Bake until the chicken is cooked through and skin is golden, 25 -30 minutes.Let chicken rest for at least 15 minutes before slicing.Serve with roasted carrots and extra pan juices.

LEMON-ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Rinse chicken thoroughly with cold water, empty the cavity, and pat chicken dry with paper towels.
• Place chicken, breast-side down, into a roasting pan. Squeeze juice from 1 1/2 lemons over chicken.
• Mix salt and pepper together in a small bowl and spread mixture all over chicken using your hands.
• Roll 2 lemons on the countertop to soften them a bit. Puncture several times with a fork and cram into the cavity of the chicken.
• Place roasting pan in the preheated oven and lower temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Pull out chicken and turn over using wooden spoons or tongs. Return to the oven and continue to bake until no longer pink in the center and juices run clear when the thigh is pricked with a fork, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Let chicken rest for 10 minutes before serving. Cut remaining lemon into slices. Transfer chicken to a serving dish and garnish with lemon slices and fresh rosemary. Pour juices from the roasting pan over the chicken to make it super juicy.

EASY BAKED LEMON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Arrange chicken breasts in a large baking dish. Pour water, olive oil, and lemon juice over chicken; sprinkle with bread crumbs, garlic powder, parsley, and paprika. Season with salt and pepper. Cover baking dish with aluminum foil and cut a few slits in foil to vent.
• Bake chicken breasts in preheated oven until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 45 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (75 degrees C).

SIMPLE HONEY-LEMON ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Set oven and make butter. Preheat the oven to 500°F.In a small bowl, mix the softened butter with the lemon zest, lemon juice, honey, thyme and garlic. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Prep the chicken and baking dish. Remove the insides of the chicken, and pat dry with paper towels. Spread about 2 tablespoons of the butter mixture on the bottom of a small roasting pan that's at least a couple of inches larger than the chicken, on all sides.
• Baste and truss. Place the chicken in the pan, on top of the butter, breast side up. Rub 2 more tablespoons of the butter mixture under the skin. (This should include the breasts and legs.) Work your way under as much of the skin as possible -- if you're very gentle, it won't tear.Now truss the chicken with butcher's twine. (Here's How to Truss a Chicken.) (It's also okay to just tie the ends of the legs together if trussing it becomes tricky.) Rub the remaining blackberry-thyme butter mixture on top -- all over the skin of the chicken.
• Roast. Place the pan in the preheated 500°F oven and roast until the surface of the chicken is golden brown, about 20 minutes. Remove the chicken from the oven and reduce the heat to 350 F degrees.
• Flip. Very carefully, using tongs, placing one part inside the cavity and one gently on the top of the breast side, flip the chicken over so it's breast side down. Coat the back of the chicken with the remaining butter mixture and then return the chicken to the oven.
• Continue to roast. Once the oven has cooled to 350°F, continue to roast the chicken until internal temperature is 155°F -- this should take about an hour, but focus only on the temperature and not the time. (For an accurate reading of the temperature, place the thermometer deep into the flesh, away from bones.) During the roasting process, every 15 or so, use a spoon to baste the chicken with the butter and juices from the bottom of the pan.The final internal temperature will be about 165°F, as the chicken will continue to cook for several minutes outside of the oven. It should be nicely browned, the juices should run clear and the legs should move easily when it's done. (If you think it's getting too brown before the chicken is cooked, lightly cover it with foil in the oven.)
• Let the chicken rest. Once you remove the chicken from the oven, crumple up a few sheets of foil and place it under the chicken, beneath the legs. This will let all of the juices flow into the breasts while it rests for about 15 minutes.

EASY HONEY & LIME ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6.
• Rinse your chicken well, inside and out and dry thoroughly with a paper towel.
• Stuff the cavity with the quartered lime, onion and the garlic.
• Rub the olive oil all over the chicken and season with salt and pepper.
• Place the chicken in a roasting tin and place in the middle of your preheated oven.
• Roasting time depends on size of chicken.
• Roast for 20 mins per lb plus an extra 20 minutes for the whole chicken (example: 4 lb chicken: 4x20+20=1hr40mins).
• Using the juices from the roasting tin, baste the chicken every 30 mins to stop it from drying out.
• While the chicken is roasting mix the lime juice, honey and parika in a small bowl.
• 30 mins before your chicken will be done take it out of the oven and brush with the lime& honey glaze.
• Return to the oven to finish roasting, at the end of the roasting time make sure all juices run clear by inserting a skewer into the thickest part of the thigh.