Roast Chicken with Dijon and Sea Salt
Total Recipe Yield: 6 servings
Portion Size: 4-5 lb chicken
Vegan:听狈辞
LO Vegetarian:听狈辞
Contains Pork:听狈辞
Contains Alcohol:听狈辞
Ingredients
- One 4 1/2 pound whole chicken
- 1 tablespoon coarse sea salt (just not too fine)
- 1 tablespoon听(heaping) Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon听dried Herb d鈥橮rovence听
- Few twists of pepper grinder
- 2 - 3 tablespoon听olive oil
- 1 lemon, cut into half
Directions
- Put the chicken breast side up into a roasting pan.
- In a small bowl, combine the salt, Dijon, herbs then add the olive oil until it鈥檚 mixed well.听
- Spread some of the mixture between the skin and the flesh, top and bottom. Spread the remaining on top of the skin. Let set about 30 minutes.听
- Squeeze both lemon halves over the chicken then cut in half again and slip into the cavity. Tie the legs together.
- Roast the chicken in a 400 degree over for 1 1/2 hours. The chicken should release yummy juices during roasting. But if looks too dry and pan burning after 45 minutes or an hour,听add a quarter cup or two of broth to the brown areas to 鈥渄eglaze鈥. 听Internal temp should be 175 degrees.听
- Take out, let rest about 10 minutes. Serve and enjoy!
Why did you choose to submit this recipe?
"I鈥檝e been roasting this chicken for years before the kids were even born! 听I just found it in an old Boston Globe Magazine and tweaked the ingredients a bit. Heavy on Dijon and heavy on sea salt is the key! 听This has been on our Sunday family dinner table almost every week before the kids left for college. Now, it鈥檚 my son Beck鈥檚 last meal before he leaves for Boulder and his first meal when he visits home! And I鈥檒l make in his apartment whenever I visit my Buff! I can make it with my eyes closed, and it comes out perfect every time! And omg the smell when you walk into the house!!!!!! Happiness!" -听Sandy Hermann