| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Meats |
Greek |
Dinner, Poultry, Taverna |
6 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 5 |
lb |
Roasting chicken, skinless |
| 1 |
|
Lemon, quartered |
| 1/4 |
c |
Olive oil |
|
|
Salt and pepper |
| 12 |
|
Cloves garlic, crushed |
| 2 |
t |
Dried oregano, plus |
| 3 |
T |
Dried oregano |
| 1/3 |
c |
Fresh lemon juice |
| 2 |
t |
Cracked black pepper |
| 6 |
|
Boiling potatoes, wedged and |
|
|
chunked |
| 1 |
c |
Water, or |
| 1/2 |
c |
Lowfat chicken broth, as |
|
|
needed |
| 1/4 |
c |
Flatleaf parsley, chopped |
INSTRUCTIONS
Consider placing sliced root vegetables (carrots, turnips) and onions
in the bottom of the pan that will take the place of a rack and add
flavors. Roasting at two oven temperatures gives chicken a crispy
outside, and a moist inside. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Rinse chicken
and pat dry. Rub chicken inside and out with cut lemon quarters, 1 to
2 tablespoons olive oil, and sprinkle with salt and ground pepper.
Place the lemon quarters, 4 garlic gloves and 2 teaspoons oregano in
the chicken cavity. Place chicken on rack in a roasting pan. In a
small saucepan, combine remaining olive oil, lemon juice, 2
tablespoons oregano, coarsely cracked pepper and 1 teaspoon salt and
bring to a simmer over medium heat. Simmer 3 minutes. Remove from
heat. Place potatoes and the remaining 8 garlic cloves around the
chicken and sprinkle them with remaining 1 tablespoon oregano. Spoon a
little of the lemon-oil mixture over the chicken. Pour 1 cup water or
broth evenly over potatoes and place in oven. Roast 15 minutes. Baste
chicken with some of the lemon-oil mixture and reduce heat to 350
degrees. Roast, basting with lemon-oil mixture every 10-15 minutes,
until juices run clear when thigh is pierced with a fork or an
instant-read thermometer inserted in the thigh, not touching bone,
reads 180 degrees, about 1 1/4 hours. Transfer chicken to a warmed
platter. If potatoes aren't golden, raise heat to 450 degrees and cook
for 15 to 20 minutes, adding more water or broth if necessary to
prevent sticking. Garnish with parsley. Recipe from Taverna: Best of
Casual Mediterranean Cooking by Joyce Goldstein (1996). Part of a
series: Casual Cuisines of the World (Sunset Books, $19.95). Reprinted
Scripps New Service 24 Oc 96. [Pat H. McRecipe, III: orig. 900 cals,
65g fat; with revisions 470 cals, 16.1 g fat] Recipe By : idea from
Joyce Goldstein, Taverna Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #256 Date:
Thu, 24 Oct 1996 10:15:37 -0700 (PDT) From: PatH
<phannema@wizard.ucr.edu>
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