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Lovage and Lemon Roasted Chicken

Serves 4. Adapted from this recipe.

Course Main
Author Andrea Sabean

Ingredients

  • 1 handful lovage leaves and stems
  • 1 lemon sliced
  • 4 chicken legs whole, bone in
  • 1 onion chopped
  • several carrots and/or potatoes, chopped
  • sea salt to taste
  • pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Lay a bed of lovage in the bottom of a large baking pan.
  3. Tuck a lemon slice and lovage leaves under the skin of the chicken thighs.
  4. Place the thighs in the pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil.
  5. Throw some chopped onion and carrots in around the chicken.
  6. Bake, covered, for 30 minutes, and then uncovered for another 30 minutes, or until the skin of the chicken is crisp.