For best results use one of the Smart chickens. They cost more but are worth it.
Rinse the chicken and pat dry. You do not have to untie it. Sprinkle some salt in the cavity and insert about 8 whole fresh sage leaves and 1/2 a lemon sliced thin.
In a small pan combine juice of 1 lemon, 1/2 stick butter, big pinch salt, couple dashes Tabasco, several chopped fresh sage leaves. Heat to a simmer then remove from heat.
Roast at 400 degrees, basting every 10 min or so, until temp in the thigh is 165 degrees.
-- Peter Aitken Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm
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Peter Aitken said:
For best results use one of the Smart chickens. They cost more but are worth it.
I'm really not being facetious here, I promise. What is Smart. Is that a particular brand of say, free-range?
It's a brand. They are never frozen and are "flash cooled" or something that preserves freshness and flavor. The Rosengarten Report gives them high marks. There are 2 kinds. Organic is more expensive. Natural (or whatever they call it) is not organic but is raised without antibiotics and with a vegetarian diet (no ground up mad cows!). They are available at Harris-Teeter around here (NC). Worth a try - I find them tastier and jucier than standard supermarket cluckers.
