On Sunday I decided to make an organic meal from scratch! It was so fun! I've really began to love cooking and I've recently become concerned with the amount of all out crap I put into my body from frozen, canned, and pre-packaged foods! So hubby and I went shopping and I made this gorgeous roast chicken (my first ever!)!!!
I must say, it's definitely worth the extra $5.00 to get organic free-range chicken that hasn't been subjected to steroids, antibiotics and other nasty stuff! It's so juicy and tender! YUM!!!
Here's the recipe I used, which came from an article on Camilla Parker Bowles. I modified it slightly, but credit where credit's due, it's her recipe. However, the sauce wasn't very good and we didn't end up using it, so this is just the recipe for the chicken:
1 whole free-range organic chicken
2 lemons (one whole and poked several times, the other cut in 1/2)
salt
pepper
olive oil
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Remove the innards (usually stuffed inside in a bag) and rinse the chicken thoroughly. Dry the chicken with paper towles all over. Place chicken inside roasting pan.
Stuff the whole pierced lemon inside the chicken.
Rub olive oil generously all over the chicken and then season with salt and pepper all over.
Use the other 2 halves of lemon to squeeze juice over the entire chicken.
Bake for 20 minutes at 450 degrees (this crisps the skin and keeps the juices inside) then reduce heat to 350 degrees and cook until juices run clear when the leg is pierced.
Cooking time should be about an hour for a medium sized chicken.
I served mine with boiled haricots and organic herb roasted potatoes which I made with a recipe from www.allrecipes.com. It was a lovely meal!
BON APETIT!
Pink Julep!
PS - Last night I saw Julie and Julia, which was amazing and only fueled my new-found love for cooking! I bought my first ever cook book immediately following so expect more recipes from the Pink Julep Kitchen!!!
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