Roasted Chicken Dinner

This is an easy recipe, but with a lengthy cooking time. Perfect to whip up, put in the oven, and then leave to go shopping. ha ha

Serve with (boxed) Scalloped Potatoes and Sauteed Green Beans.

INGREDIENTS:
3.5 lb. whole chicken
1 yellow onion, halved
1 lemon, halved
6 garlic cloves - the frozen, pre-crushed kind at Trader Joe's rock!
1 Tbl. extra virgin olive oil
1 C. chicken broth
poultry seasoning

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease roasting rack and place in shallow baking pan.
2. Rinse chicken, pat dry. Stuff onion, half of lemon, and 5 garlic cloves in cavity.
3. Rub olive oil, poultry seasoning, and garlic clove over outside.
4. Put on rack, breast side up.
5. Roast in oven for 30 minutes.
6. Pour chicken broth and 1 TBL. fresh lemon juice over chicken. Return to oven at 325 degrees for 60 minutes, basting often.**
7. Remove when juices run clear (about 60 mins.), remove onion and lemon, and let sit for 10 min. before carving.

**If using boxed scalloped potatoes, put them in now for the full 60 mins.