Sage And Garlic Roasted Chicken Recipes

SAGE AND GARLIC ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 240°C (475°F).
• Add butter, sage, lemon pepper and garlic in a bowl and combine.
• Using your fingers and a small, sharp knife, loosen skin of chicken from breasts and thighs.
• Slip butter mixture between skin and meat, spreading it evenly.
• Brush skin with chicken fat or oil and season cavity with salt and pepper to taste.
• Stuff with lemon, parsley, some of the carrots and 1 quartered onion.
• Tie legs together with kitchen twine.
• Put the other quartered onion and leftover carrots onto center of roasting pan and place chicken on top of them.
• Roast for 20 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 200°C (400°F).
• Continue roasting until a thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh reads 80°C (170°F), about 1 hour. This will be about 20 minutes less with a pound less chicken.
• Transfer chicken to where you plan to carve and let rest for 10 minutes before carving.

SAGE AND GARLIC ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In small bowl, combine sage, parsley, thyme and garlic; mix well. Place 1 tablespoon herb mixture in another small bowl; stir in oil. Set aside.
• Place chicken in shallow roasting pan. Rub remaining herb mixture under skin of chicken, working into breast and thigh areas. Rub outer skin with butter. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.
• Bake at 375°F. for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours or until chicken is fork-tender and juices run clear. During last 5 minutes of baking time, rub reserved herb-oil mixture over chicken.

LEMON, SAGE AND GARLIC ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Slide fingertips under chicken skin to loosen.
• Arrange 2 lemon slices and 3 sage leaves (or some rubbed sage) under skin on each breast.
• Smooth skin over to close.
• Place chicken in shallow baking pan.
• Brush with oil.
• Drizzle 1 teaspoon lemon juice over each breast.
• Sprinkle with chopped garlic, salt and pepper.
• Pour 1/2 cup broth into pan around chicken.
• Roast chicken until brown and cooked through, basting once or twice with pan juices, About 25 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to platter.
• Place baking pan atop burner.
• Add remaining 1/2 cup broth.
• Using back of fork, mash the garlic on the baking pan into broth and pan juices.
• Boil over high heat until broth reduces almost to glaze, scraping up browned bits, about 4 minutes.
• Spoon sauce over chicken and serve.