Butterflied Roast Chicken with Lemon and Rosemary
Medium Dinner

Butterflied Roast Chicken with Lemon and Rosemary

Total Time
1h 5m
18m prep · 47m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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This butterflied roast chicken with lemon and rosemary is tender and juicy, and there's lots of crispy golden skin to enjoy. By removing the backbone with a knife or kitchen scissors to flatten the chicken, it cooks quicker and more evenly and the breast meat doesn't dry out. Butterflied chicken is especially good on the grill.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil , or as needed
  • 1 whole chicken , 3 pound
  • kosher salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 lemon , sliced into rounds
  • 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
  • 0.5 cups white wine

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking pan with aluminum foil. Place a rack on top of foil.

  2. 2

    Rub olive oil on both sides of chicken and generously season with salt and black pepper. Arrange lemon slices and rosemary on the rack and place chicken, skin-side up, onto the rack.

  3. 3

    Roast in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, 45 to 55 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

  4. 4

    Transfer chicken to a serving platter and tent a piece of aluminum foil over it. Discard lemon and rosemary and remove rack.

  5. 5

    Pour wine into the baking pan and gently loosen the bits of food in the pan with a wooden spoon, being careful not to tear the foil. Strain pan juices into a saucepan and bring to a boil; cook until sauce is slightly reduced, about 5 minutes. Spoon sauce over chicken.

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