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Lemon Rub Enhances Oven Roasted Chicken Recipe
A Real Restaurant Recipe That Is a Favorite Restaurant Recipe
How about “pampering” that chicken before roasting! If you do, it
will pay you back as a "flavor."
This chicken recipe offers both light and dark meat. Something to
please everyone!
Lemon-Rubbed Oven Roasted Chicken Recipe!
Preparation time: about 1 1/2 hours. Serves 4.
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Ingredients:
4 half chickens
2 lemons, quartered
1/2 cup melted butter
1 1/3 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/3 tablespoon paprika
1/4 cup sugar
Instructions:
Rub chicken halves inside and outside with lemon and brush with butter
Mix dry ingredients and sprinkle over chicken
Bake in upper third of oven at 475 degrees F for 25 minutes
Pour off any accumulated juices and rotate the pan 180 degrees F to ensure even browning
Reduce the heat to 375 degrees and move the chicken to the middle rack of the oven
Continue to roast until the juices run clear when you pierce the thigh meat with a knife and the
chicken is almost a mahogany color and the drumstick moves easily (approximately 30 minutes
longer)
A great meal for everyone! And EASY!
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