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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 500 degrees. | 2. Rinse chickens, pat dry, discard fat. Using double tined fork, pierce lemons all over at 1/4 inch intervals. | 3. Place a lemon in the cavity of each chicken and close with skewers. | 4. In a small bowl, combine salt, pepper, oregano, garlic and 1/4 cup olive oil into a paste and rub over chickens. | 5. Place onion, celery, carrots, and potatoes in the bottom of a lrg. roasting pan. Place chickens on top of veggies, breast side DOWN. | 6. In med. bowl stir together fresh lemon juice, chicken broth, melted butter, and 1/2 cup olive oil. Carefully pour over top of chicken and veggies. | 7. Bake at 500 degrees for 20 minutes, basting veggies well. | 8. Reduce heat to 450 degrees and carefully turn the chickens over to breast side UP. Bake for 20 minutes more, basting frequently. | 9. Remove from oven and let rest for 15 to 20 minutes for the juices to settle. | 10. Remove lemons from chicken (save). Cut chicken into quarters and arrange on platter with veggies. | 11. Cut the lemons in 1/2 and squeeze juices over chicken and veggies. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
broiler fryer chicken	2			1931.2044	1.1787	166.1924	134.459
lemon	2			-	-	-	-
salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
pepper	1	teaspoon		5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
oregano	1	tablespoon	dried	7.95	2.0676	0.27	0.1284
garlic clove	4		crushed	-	-	-	-
olive oil	3/4	cup		1432.08	0.0	0.0	162.0
onion	2		sliced	88.0	20.548000000000002	2.42	0.22
celery	4	stalks	sliced	40.96	7.6032	1.7664	0.4352
carrot	4		peeled sliced	209.92	49.0496	4.7616	1.2288
red potato	6			1905.0902	432.7276	51.4374	3.8102
lemon juice	2/3	cup		35.7867	11.224	0.5693	0.3904
chicken broth	2/3	cup		52.08	1.26	7.4256	1.7472
butter	1/4		melted	21.375	0.9821	0.6679	1.8

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.