Roasted Rosemary and Lemon Chicken Recipe

Name: Roasted Rosemary and Lemon Chicken Recipe
Cook time: 10 h 15 min
Yield: 2 to 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 (4- to 5-pound) whole chicken , neck and giblets removed from the cavity; Kosher salt; Freshly ground black pepper; 1 medium lemon , cut into 8 wedges; 2 (7-inch) rosemary sprigs; 1/4 cup olive oil; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/2 stick); 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce; 4 medium garlic cloves , smashed; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; 2 tablespoons finely chopped shallot; 1/3 cup dry white vermouth; 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth or stock; Kosher salt; Freshly ground black pepper

A whole roasted chicken recipe flavored with lemon wedges, rosemary sprigs, and garlic accompanied by an easy pan gravy.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients

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Why it works: Lemon and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 845 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Roasted Rosemary and Lemon Chicken Recipe

2 to 4 servings

Cook10 hr 15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

883Calories

46 gProtein

30 gFat

105 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Rosemary	1 tsp dried (1.2g)	4
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Vermouth	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Lemon + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together845 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Rosemary + olivetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,590 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Rosemary + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,180 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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