Roasted Chicken With Meyer Lemons And Brussel Sprouts Recipe 435

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Sprinkle a very thin layer (not covering the bottom of the pan) of the kosher or coarse sea saltin the bottom of a large roasting pan. Place a tabelspoon of the blended spices in your left hand (if you're right handed; reverse this operation for lefties) and sprinkle it evenly with your right hand over the salt. Rinse the chicken in cold water inside and out. Discard any extra fat, and the giblets. Pat dry. Place it legs up; body cavity to you in the middle of the roaster; just like in the picture. Squeeze half of the Meyer lemon into the body cavity. Squeeze the other half of the lemon across the top of the chicken. Place both squeezed lemons inside the body cavity of the chicken. Put a piece of the onion inside the body cavity too. Take a teaspoon or more of the crushed garlic and coat the top of the chicken..using the back of the teaspoon to spread it out somewhat evenly over the top and sides of the chickens breasts, legs, thighs, etc. Take a teaspoon of the blended spices and sprinkle them over the top of the chicken a little more heavily than you did over the top of the salt. Place the Carrots around the chicken Roast for 10 to 12 minutes until the top of the chicken starts to get browned. Remove from the oven and reduce the heat to 350 degrees. Place the onion pieces around the chicken. Sprinkle in some more of the spice blend across the vegetables. Roast for approx 20 minutes more. Remove from oven. Increase heat to 400 degrees. Place the Brussel Sprouts around the chicken and roast for 30 to 32 minutes. Cover and let the chicken rest for 15 minutes. Carve the chicken and serve. You can also deglaze the pan with red wine and add in flour while heating and stirring to make a fine gravy for your chicken and vegetables. This recipe can be made with a variety of vegetables... potatoes, mushrooms, turnips, etc. Just look up the roasting times of the vegetables you want to add.. and add them in at the appropriate time. If you're not familiar with roasting; use a meat thermometer the first few times to make sure your chicken is done. Also if you live near sea level your chicken might cook a little quicker than mine does. There are also differences between electric and gas ovens. I have an electric oven... so need to keep my heat lower than if I had a gas oven.

Steps:

• Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until lightly browned but still soft, about 5 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on a paper towel-lined plate.
• Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Coat a large baking dish or cast iron skillet with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
• Arrange lemon slices in a single layer on the bottom of the baking dish.
• Stir remaining 5 tablespoons olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, kosher salt, and black pepper together in a large bowl.
• Toss Brussels sprouts in lemon juice mixture to coat; transfer to the prepared baking dish with a slotted spoon, draining excess liquid back into the bowl.
• Place bacon on top of the Brussels sprouts.
• Toss potatoes in the same lemon juice mixture used for the Brussels sprouts.
• Remove potatoes with slotted spoon and arrange along the inside edge of the baking dish.
• Coat chicken breast halves thoroughly in the remaining lemon mixture.
• Place chicken breasts skin-side up in the skillet; pour any remaining lemon juice mixture over chicken.
• Bake in the preheated oven until chicken no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 60 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 450 degrees, set one rack 6 inches from the broiler and place another rack in the lower third of the oven. In a large bowl, combine the butter, zest of both lemons, half the parsley and 1 teaspoon salt. Rub 1 teaspoon oil on a sheet pan. Pat the chicken dry, then transfer to the sheet pan and season well with salt and pepper. Reserve about 1 teaspoon of the compound butter in the bowl, then rub the rest all over the chicken and under the skin by lifting it up, pushing a tiny amount of compound butter underneath, then pressing on top. Arrange the chicken pieces skin-side up.
• Add the brussels sprouts, onion wedges, lemon rounds, red-pepper flakes and the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil to the bowl with the compound butter; toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Arrange the brussels sprouts mixture around the chicken, placing some lemon rounds on top of the vegetables.
• Roast on the lower rack, 30 to 35 minutes, stirring the vegetables halfway through, until the chicken is crispy, the chicken juices run clear when the meat is pierced with a fork, and the brussels sprouts are browned and crunchy. If the chicken skin is not as crispy as you'd like, transfer the vegetables to a serving platter, then place the chicken under the broiler for 1 to 3 minutes. Transfer the chicken to the serving platter.
• Squeeze one of the lemon halves over the chicken and vegetables and cut the remaining lemon half into quarters. Garnish the chicken and vegetables with the cheese and the remaining parsley, and serve with the lemon wedges.