Instead of one big chicken, bake in the oven two small chickens. So they bake faster and fry more evenly. Pre-grate the carcasses with aromatic butter and greens. Take plenty of different fragrant greens, such as parsley, chervil, chives, tarragon. Together with a lemon they will give a terrific the aroma. And butter will make chicken more juicy, and crust – super crispy. Carcasses must be spread throughout surface and under the skin of the chicken, put chopped into the cavity lemons and bake until appetizing golden color. Share with друзьями: 
Time: 3 час.Difficulty: easy Servings: 6 Measured containers are used in recipes volume: 1 cup (st.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cups (st.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (Art.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 2 chicken carcasses weighing 1.3-1.8 kg., Gutted
- 6 tbsp. l (90 gr.) Butter, room temperature
- 4 lemons (from 2 remove the zest and cut them into 4 parts, 2 cut into slices)
- 0.5 tbsp. chopped parsley
- 0.5 tbsp. chopped chervil
- 0.5 tbsp. chopped chives
- 1/4 Art. chopped tarragon
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Recipe preparation:
- Blot the chicks well with dry paper towels. Grate inside the cavity with salt and black pepper. Mix in a food processor butter, lemon zest, parsley, chervil, chives, tarragon, 2 tsp salt and a little ground black pepper; chop to a homogeneous consistency. Gently lift your skin with your fingers chicken breasts and thighs. Rub with half the spiced oil evenly under the skin of both chickens, then rub the remaining spicy oil over the entire surface of the carcasses. Refrigerate, do not covering for at least 30 minutes to dry the skin.
- Approximately 30 minutes before baking, bring the chickens to room temperature. temperature. Preheat the oven to 230 ° C. Get your quarters down lemons in the cavity of chickens. Tie the legs with kitchen thread and tuck wings. Place the chicks with their breasts up on the grill mounted on baking sheet with sides or on a shallow roasting pan, on a small the distance between them. Spread lemon slices around them.
- Bake until breasts and legs are golden crust, about 30 minutes. Turn the baking sheet the other side and reduce the oven temperature to 175 ° C. Keep baking until the whole skin of chickens will not become golden and crispy, but a thermometer, inserted in the thickest part of the thigh, will not show the temperature 74 ° C, another 40-50 minutes.
- Remove the chickens from the oven, let rest 15 minutes on nasty. Then cut the thread and cut them. Serve with baked slices of lemon.
