Lemon Garlic Chicken with Roasted Asparagus
and Warm Lemon Potato Salad
Ingredients:
1 3-4lb chicken (preferably free range/hormone and antibiotic free)
5 lemons - zested and then slice 2 in round slices
1 head of garlic - 6 cloves garlic (minced) and the rest of the cloves whole
1 1/2 to 2lb asparagus
2 sprigs of rosemary (one chopped)
2 tablespoons of fresh chives, chopped
3 tablespoons of Italian parsley, chopped
2 lbs of potatoes (we use Carola potatoes that we get from RSK farm but you can substitute with Yukon Gold)
1-2 teaspoons of capers (depending on how much you like capers)
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup of water or chicken stock
Set oven to 450F
Drizzle chicken with olive oil and then sprinkle chopped rosemary, 2 tablespoons of parsley, 4 cloves of minced garlic, 1/3 lemon zest salt and pepper. Put 1 lemon, the whole garlic cloves and the rosemary sprig in the chicken cavity. Take the lemon slices and arrange on top and sides of chicken. Put the chicken in the oven in a roasting pan. After 10 minutes, lower the oven to 400F and add 1/2 cup of chicken stock to the roasting pan.
Now cut the potatoes into quarters and put in a pot of cold water. Bring water to a boil and let potatoes boil until fork tender. Drain potatoes.
Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 3/4 of the rest of the lemon zest and squeeze all but 1/2 of the rest of the lemons into the same pot that the potatoes were cooking in. Add potatoes back into the pot, and stir in chives and the rest of the parsley. capers, salt and pepper. Let cool to room temperature.
Let chicken cook for about an 1 and a half hours or until an instant read thermometer reads 161. Remove from oven and cover with foil for 15 minutes before carving.
While chicken is resting, cut 2 inches off of the bottom of the asparagus, then coat all with olive oil and sprinkle with salt, pepper, garlic and lemon zest. Roast in oven on a sheet pan at 400 for 10 minutes or until asparagus is tender. Then squeeze juice of 1/2 lemon over the asparagus and serve with the chicken and potatoes.
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