Roasted chicken dinner with fennel and cayenne pepper.
How to Roast a Chicken
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Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
- 4-5 lb. chicken, rinsed inside and out, then dried with paper towels
- 1 lemon, cut in half
- 1 small bunch of fresh thyme
- 1 tsp. fennel
- 1 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 tsp. sea salt
- 1 tsp. pepper
- cooking string
- 3-4 red potatoes, sliced in half and tossed in salt and pepper optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F.
- Rub the chicken down with the olive oil.
- Combine the salt, fennel, pepper, Italian seasoning in a bowl and sprinkle over the top of the chicken.
- Place the lemon pieces and bunch of thyme inside the chicken.
- Tie the legs together with string.
- Bake in the oven for 1 hour 15 minutes.
- Remove the string and serve!