Roast Chicken with Asparagus

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Tweet* Active Time: 10 minutes
* Total Time: 1 hour

Recipe Ingredients

o 3- to 31/2-lb chicken
o 2 Tbsp each melted butter and fresh lemon juice (save lemon rinds)
o 1 tsp dried thyme
o 1/2 tsp each salt, dried tarragon and freshly ground pepper
o 2 lb asparagus, tough ends snapped off
o Lemon wedges

Recipe Preparation

1. Heat oven to 475°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with nonstick foil.

2. Place chicken, breast side down, on baking sheet. Drizzle with 1 Tbsp each butter and lemon juice. Sprinkle with 1/2 the thyme, salt, tarragon and pepper. Put lemon rinds in body cavity. Tie legs together with kitchen twine.

3. Roast chicken 20 minutes. Reduce temperature to 400°F. Turn chicken breast side up, drizzle with remaining butter and lemon juice and sprinkle with remaining thyme, salt, tarragon and pepper. Roast 30 minutes more.

4. Place asparagus around chicken, turning to coat with pan juices. Roast 10 to 15 minutes until an instant-read thermometer inserted in thickest part of thigh, not touching bone, registers 170°F and asparagus are crisp-tender. Let stand 10 minutes before carving.

5. Skim fat off pan juices. Serve juices with the chicken and lemon wedges with the asparagus.


* Nutrition Facts
* Yield 6 servings
* Servings 6
* Amount Per Serving
* Calories 361
* Total Fat 23g
* Saturated Fat 8g
* Cholesterol 109mg
* Sodium 324mg
* Total Carbohydrates 5g
* Dietary Fiber 1g
* Protein 33g

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