Lemon, Sage And Garlic Roast Chicken

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 chicken breast halves, with skin
• 8 slices lemons, very thin, seeded
• 12 leaves fresh sage (can use rubbed sage)
• olive oil
• 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup chicken broth

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450°f.
• 2 slide fingertips under chicken skin to loosen.
• 3 arrange 2 lemon slices and 3 sage leaves (or some rubbed sage) under skin on each breast.
• 4 smooth skin over to close.
• 5 place chicken in shallow baking pan.
• 6 brush with oil.
• 7 drizzle 1 teaspoon lemon juice over each breast.
• 8 sprinkle with chopped garlic, salt and pepper.
• 9 pour 1/2 cup broth into pan around chicken.
• 10 roast chicken until brown and cooked through, basting once or twice with pan juices, about 25 minutes.
• 11 transfer chicken to platter.
• 12 place baking pan atop burner.
• 13 add remaining 1/2 cup broth.
• 14 using back of fork, mash the garlic on the baking pan into broth and pan juices.
• 15 boil over high heat until broth reduces almost to glaze, scraping up browned bits, about 4 minutes.
• 16 spoon sauce over chicken and serve.