Low Carb, Lemon and Garlic Roast Chicken

[Sherrie]

As promised my dinner tonight:



This idea came from Jamie Oliver, its the best way to have roast chicken IMO, last nights dinner was cooked perfectly as the chicken breasts were very moist. You will find when you have lots of garlic on top it blackens but it tastes good, mine was black about half way through so I chucked it on a lower rack. Didn't taste burnt at all. A tip and no don't do this with the lemon you boil LOL, but if you use any more lemons like I do then before cutting them in half and squeezing, I roll the lemon on the bench under the palm of my hand, this helps break it up to make juicing easier. Another tip, I always cook up broccoli with my roasts and pour the roast juices over it when I serve it up. I use lemon with both my chicken and lamb roasts and the lemony juices really hit it off with the broccoli, especially the lamb one. I'm just going to quote my post this afternoons in Nunge's diary because I am feeling lazy

Low Carb, Lemon and Garlic Roast Chicken

1 chook over 2kg
2-3 lemons
half a bulb of garlic, gloves separated and peeled
bunch of fresh thyme
Olive oil
butter
salt

Originally Posted by Sherrie

You boil up a lemon and some garlic cloves and if you want to spuds for the high carbers for about ten minutes. Then you prick holes in the lemon whilst it is steaming hot and shove it up the chooks butt with some fresh thyme and half of the garlic cloves. Then I usually rub the chicken with salt and olive oil and remaining garlic cloves, squeeze lemon juice over it and any lemon pulp that comes out of the lemon all over the breasts etc and chuck in the oven. About half way through I turn the roasting tray around, slice up some butter and put it over the top of the chicken and chuck back in the oven, very good. Any veggies I roast I also douse with lemon juice, YUM

Jamie says it takes 1.5 hours but I find it always takes me a lot longer but the chickens I get are big.

[phoenix]

Oh yum,
Sunday lunch/dinner, here we come.
i some times give really hard dry lemons a quick zap in the microwave,
will also bring out more juice.
never thought to try that with the broccoli, will now.

Thanx sherrie

[Sherrie]

I am making stock with the leftover carcass, I left the lemon etc in and added some veggies as well as the fat and juices in the bottom of the pan to help flavour it, house smells really nice