Whole Roasted Chicken

1 whole chicken

¼ cup lemon juice

1 teaspoon turmeric

¼ tsp pepper

5 garlic cloves, crushed

1-2 shallots, cut in chunks

1 lemon, sliced

2 Tablespoons olive oil

 

Mix the lemon juice and the spices. Rub the chicken with the mixture. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Preheat oven to 400 F.

Stuff the chicken cavity with the garlic, shallot pieces and some of the lemon slices. Slip some of the slices of lemon under the chicken’s skin

Brush the chicken with the olive oil and transfer to baking pan.

 

If you add potatoes and carrots to cook around the chicken, add 1 cup of chicken broth to the pan.

 

Bake 1 hour.

 

 

Done