Yeah Im as shocked as you are--it was a piece of cake! errr chicken

So I used to be just like you reading this. Yes you. Right there. The one who is still reading these words…maybe.

I thought cooking a whole chicken was hard.

Guess what? It’s not. In fact, this was such an easy (and downright classy if you ask me) meal to make that my friends Tori and Ben were as shocked as I was when we saw how beautiful and delicious is turned out.

Alas, I cannot take credit for this recipe. My Mom made it for me growing up, rumor is she got the recipe from our neighbor, but my grandma makes it too–the mystery adds to the deliciousness.

So if you want to dress (a chicken) to impress, try this simple meal. I promise you won’t even burn anything down (cough cough Tia Vieira if you are reading this)

ROASTED CHICKEN
1 whole chicken
1 large bunch of rosemary
2 lemons, chopped in half
salt and pepper
olive oil
Pre-heat oven to 500 degrees (here in my apartment where the stove is janky and the fire alarm is apt to go off without warning, I stuck to 450 and cooked it a bit longer).

Remove any innards from your chicken and rinse. Take 2 lemon halves and
squeeze juice from both halves all over chicken. Save rinds and follow with olive oil, salt and pepper.

Take the rosemary and lemon halves and stuff them into the chicken’s booty (fill her up!) Put the chicken on a cookie sheet and bake for 1 hour, or until golden brown.

The expert chicken remover

While the chicken is cooking, I whipped up these quick and easy sides. Try them out!

Asparagus:
2 bunches of asparagus
olive oil
2 coves minced garlic
salt and pepper
Wash asparagus and toss in olive oil. Spread out on a baking sheet and sprinkle with salt, pepper and garlic. Bake until tender, or about 10 at 350 degrees, or until tender.

Garlic Mashed Potatoes 
1 lb of potatoes, peeled and boiled
4 cloves of chopped garlic
1/2 cup milk
salt and pepper
1/4 stick of butter

Mash potatoes until thoroughly mixed.  Add garlic, milk, salt, pepper and butter and mix until combined.

Serve it all together and presto! Chicken dinner.

Tori, our resident expert chicken-carver

Ci vediamo!