Easiest Roast Chicken Ever

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 2 rosemary sprigs
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place chicken on a rack in a roasting pan or cast-iron skillet.

2. 2

   In a blender or food processor, combine garlic, lemon zest, and rosemary. Spread puree under the skin of the chicken.

3. 3

   Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.

4. 4

   Cook the chicken for 15 minutes for each pound, plus 15 minutes (i.e., a 3-lb bird: 15 minutes x 3 + 15 minutes = 60 minutes).

5. 5

   Chicken is done when juices run clear when pricked with a fork.