Name: Lemon-Pepper Roast Chicken
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Lemon-pepper seasoning - 4 tablespoons; Garlic salt - 3 tablespoons; Ground black pepper - 1 tablespoon; Dried thyme - 1 tablespoon; Salt - 1 teaspoon; Lemons - 3; Frozen whole chickens - thawed, rinsed, and dried - 2 (3 1/2) pound; Celery, roughly chopped - 2 stalks; Green onions, green parts only, chopped - 6 large; Garlic, peeled - 2 cloves; Cooking string - 2 cloves

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Ingredients for - Lemon-Pepper Roast Chicken

1. Lemon-pepper seasoning - 4 tablespoons

2. Garlic salt - 3 tablespoons

3. Ground black pepper - 1 tablespoon

4. Dried thyme - 1 tablespoon

5. Salt - 1 teaspoon

6. Lemons - 3

7. Frozen whole chickens - thawed, rinsed, and dried - 2 (3 1/2) pound

8. Celery, roughly chopped - 2 stalks

9. Green onions, green parts only, chopped - 6 large

10. Garlic, peeled - 2 cloves

11. Cooking string - 2 cloves

How to cook deliciously - Lemon-Pepper Roast Chicken

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. Stage

Combine lemon-pepper, garlic salt, black pepper, thyme, and salt in a bowl. Set aside. Slice 2 lemons into rounds for stuffing; reserve 1 for juice.

3. Stage

Place both chickens in a roasting pan, not touching. Squeeze 1 lemon over both chickens, making sure juice coats evenly. Split sliced lemons, celery, green onions, and garlic in half and stuff each chicken. Use cooking string to tie legs together, making sure legs are facing up. Pat dry rub all over chickens.

4. Stage

Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Rotate the pan and baste chicken with juices. Continue to bake, basting often, for 50 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and continue to baste and bake until juices run clear and chickens are no longer pink in the centers, about 40 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).