I have been on a Barefoot Contessa kick on the Food Network lately. The other day, she had an episode entirely devoted to chicken. (Right after I watched Oprah's special on how disgusting chicken is these days, but Ina made it look good). Anyway, she made a roast chicken dubbed "Engagement Chicken" by Glamour magazine, because whenever someone cooked it for their boyfriend, they were proposed to within 24 hours. I haven't made roast chicken before, but I did use Ina's recipe for a roast turkey 2 Christmases ago, and it was very similar, and this looked delicious on TV so I couldnt resist. It took longer to cook than on TV, but it was pretty tasty. Ina & I made a sauce for the chicken out of the lemon & onion garnish, and although Ina likes to eat the rhinds, I decided against it. It made quite a bit of sauce, the chicken is gone but there are still two bowls of garnish leftover in the fridge! (Perhaps to use on a rotisserie chicken in a quick fix!). I told Matt about the history of engagement related to this chicken, and I decided that although I am already married, a girl can never have too many diamonds... he said it was was good but not that good...
I saw that episode of Barefoot Contessa and immediately made that recipe too! A great variation that Marc and I love is to stuff the chicken cavity with oranges, lemons, and halved garlic cloves, then mix a little orange juice concentrate into the basting liquid:) Hope all is well!
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