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Sunday's Best Chicken Recipe

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"I am the busy mom of four and a nursing student, so weeknight dinners are often rushed. Sunday dinners are very important to our family and everyone loves when I make this old-fashioned chicken recipe." Amy Jenkins, Mesa, Arizona

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Sunday's Best Chicken Recipe

Prep: 40 min. Bake: 2-1/4 hours + standing

Yield: 6 Servings

40 135 175

Ingredients

2 to 3 medium lemons
2 fresh rosemary sprigs
1 roasting chicken (6 to 7 pounds)
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons minced fresh rosemary
1 tablespoon coarsely ground pepper
1-1/2 teaspoons salt

Directions

Finely grate the peel from the lemons to measure 2 tablespoons; set aside. Coarsely chop 2 lemons; place chopped lemons and rosemary sprigs in the chicken cavity. Save remaining lemon for another use.
Place chicken on a rack in a shallow roasting pan; brush with oil. Combine the minced rosemary, pepper, salt and lemon peel; rub over chicken.
Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 2-1/4 to 2-3/4 hours or until a thermometer reads 180°, basting occasionally with drippings. (Cover loosely with foil if chicken browns too quickly.)
Let stand for 15 minutes before carving. Discard lemons and rosemary sprigs. Yield: 6 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving equals 555 calories, 34 g fat (9 g saturated fat), 179 mg cholesterol, 801 mg sodium, 3 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 57 g protein.

Originally published as Sunday's Best Chicken in Taste of Home December/January 2010, p70

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Enjoy this recipe with a full-bodied white wine such as Chardonnay or Viognier.

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Reviewed on Feb. 10, 2012 by magoo12

This was great so so moist I thought you would only taste the lemon but you don't.

Reviewed on Nov. 20, 2011 by vlms1958

I think the count is for the whole chicken...

Reviewed on Nov. 17, 2011 by Susie77

This sounds delicious... but is that nutritional info correct? One serving is 555 calories? How many ounces in that serving? Is skin included? 555 calories sounds excessive for chicken.