OVEN ROASTED CHICKEN WITH CARROTS

Jaja's delicious chicken recipe

Ingredients

• One 6 pound organic, roasting chicken
• Kosher salt
• Black pepper
• A large bunch of thyme sprigs
• 1 lemon quartered
• 10 garlic peeled and smashed flat
• 4 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 sweet onion cut into thick rings
• 6 whole carrots peeled, washed and dried

Instructions

1. Preheat oven 425 degrees F
2. Rinse and dry chicken inside and out
3. Rinse and dry thyme with paper towel
4. Mix olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic
5. Season chicken cavity with olive oil mix
6. Insert finger between chicken breast and skin and season with olive oil mix, garlic and thyme
7. Season between thigh and cavity with olive oil mix, garlic and thyme
8. Stuff cavity with thyme, onion rings, lemon wedges and garlic
9. Brush outside of chicken with olive oil mix and a sprinkle of salt
10. Tie legs together with kitchen string
11. Place onion rings, garlic, thyme lemon wedges in roasting pan and toss with salt, pepper, olive oil and thyme
12. Place chicken on roasting rack over vegetables
13. Place in pre-heated oven and roast for 1.5 hours.
14. After one hour of roasting, place carrots around chicken and continue roasting until meat thermometer indicates doneness
15. Remove chicken from oven
16. Partially cover with foil for 15 minutes
17. Place on platter with carrots
18. Carve and enjoy