Zesty Roasted Chicken

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (4 lb) roasting chickens
• 2 cups kosher salt

Recipe

• 1 combine first 6 ingredients.
• 2 lift up the skin and slide your fingers between the breasts and skin all the way up to the legs.
• 3 pat the chili mixture on the breasts under the skin; rub remaining mixture on the outer skin.
• 4 tuck the wings under, tie the legs together and place bird in a bed of kosher salt in a roasting pan.
• 5 roast 15 minutes at 500 degree f. then lower the heat to 450 degees f. and cook for another 30 minutes, or until the juices run clear when pierced.
• 6 let sit 10 minutes to rest.