Skillet-Roasted Whole Chicken with Lemon and Potatoes
Cindy Ensley
Updated Mar 31, 2015
Roast a whole chicken with fresh sage and lemon slices for a flavorful twist on dinner.
Skillet-Roasted Whole Chicken with Lemon and Potatoes
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 1 hr 45 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 lb small potatoes
- Dash kosher (coarse) salt
- 1 lemon, sliced into thin rounds
- 1 whole chicken (4 lb)
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh sage leaves
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon kosher (coarse) salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 425°F.
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Step2Cut potatoes into halves, or into quarters if larger; place cut side down in 10-inch cast iron skillet. Sprinkle potatoes with dash salt. Layer about 5 lemon slices over top.
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Step3Pat chicken dry with paper towels; remove any giblets. Stuff cavity of chicken with any remaining lemon slices. In small bowl, stir together sage, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, the pepper and olive oil. Rub sage-garlic mixture beneath breast skin of chicken and all over outside of chicken skin. Place chicken on bed of potatoes and lemon.
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Step4Roast about 1 hour 30 minutes or until instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh reads 165°F. Let chicken rest about 15 minutes before carving.
Nutrition
620
Calories
34g
Total Fat
56g
Protein
22g
Total Carbohydrate
1g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 620
- Calories from Fat
- 300
- Total Fat
- 34g
- 52%
- Saturated Fat
- 8g
- 42%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 175mg
- 58%
- Sodium
- 500mg
- 21%
- Potassium
- 960mg
- 28%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 22g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 11%
- Sugars
- 1g
- Protein
- 56g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 15%
- 15%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 20%
- 20%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 7 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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