Baked chicken always looks elegant and appetizing on the table. Ruddy crust and tender meat will not leave anyone indifferent, especially in combination with aromatic gravy. For all cooking it will take about 2 hours, and most of it will go for baking, the recipe is very simple and tireless. The chicken is very juicy, soaked in aromas of lemon, garlic and thyme. Believe me, this rosy bird will become an adornment of your стола. 
Time: 1 hour. 55 min Difficulty: easy Servings: 3-4 Dimensional recipes used capacity: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cups (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teahouse spoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 1 (2.3-2.7 kg.) Roast chicken
- 1 large bunch of fresh thyme
- 4 lemons
- 3 heads of garlic, cut in half horizontally
- 2 tbsp. l (30 gr.) Butter, melt
- 230 gr. slices of bacon
- 1 tbsp. white wine
- 0.5 tbsp. chicken broth
Recipes with similar ingredients: chicken, thyme, lemon, garlic, butter, bacon, white wine, broth
Recipe preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 220 ° C.
- Remove the chicken offal. Rinse the chicken inside and out. Remove excess fat and remaining hemp feathers and wipe chicken dry. Place it in a large baking dish. Salt generously and pepper the inside of the chicken. Stuff it with thyme (leaving enough of it to decorate the finished dish), 1 lemon, halved and 2 halves of garlic. Grease surface chicken with butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Tie the chicken legs together with kitchen twine and season the tips of the wings for the carcass. Cut 2 lemons into 4 pieces and scatter the quarters of lemon and the remaining garlic around the chicken. Put slices of bacon on top of chicken so that they cover her.
- Bake chicken for 1 hour. Remove sliced bacon from Chicken. And continue to bake it for another 0.5 hours, or until transparent juice will not leak from the cut between the leg and thigh. Transfer to a dish and cover with foil while you cook gravy.
- Drain the fat from the bottom of the mold, leaving only 2 tbsp. l Add wine and chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer about 5 minutes, or until half the liquid has evaporated.
- Cut the chicken into pieces. Garnish the dish with slices bacon, baked garlic, laid back thyme and slices of 1 lemon. Serve with gravy.
