Roasted Lemon Herb Chicken

Description

My family loves this. My husband even requests it.

Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
  • ½ teaspoon seasoning salt
  • ½ teaspoon mustard powder
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 (3 pound) whole chicken
  • 2 lemons
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Combine the seasoning
  3. salt
  4. mustard powder
  5. garlic powder and black pepper; set aside. Rinse the chicken thoroughly
  6. and remove the giblets. Place chicken in a 9×13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle 1 1/2 teaspoons of the spice mixture inside the chicken. Rub the remaining mixture on the outside of the chicken.
  7. Squeeze the juice of the 2 lemons into a small bowl or cup
  8. and mix with the olive oil. Drizzle this oil/juice mixture over the chicken.
  9. Bake in the preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours
  10. or until juices run clear
  11. basting several times with the remaining oil mixture.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Servings: 8

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