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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat an oven to 350°F degrees. | 2. Cut the lemon into quarters. | 3. Rub the outside of the chicken with one of the lemon quarters, then discard. | 4. In a small bowl, stir together the lemon and orange zests and 1 tablespoon of the grated ginger. | 5. Rub this mixture evenly in the cavity. | 6. Put the lemon and orange quarters inside the bird. | 7. Place the chicken on a rack in a roasting pan. | 8. Sprinkle it with salt and pepper. | 9. In the now-empty small bowl, combine the melted margarine or olive oil, lemon and orange juices, honey, and the remaining 2 tablespoons ginger. | 10. Mix well. | 11. Place the chicken in the oven and roast, basting with the citrus juice mixture at least 4 times during cooking, until the juices run clear when the thigh is pierced with a knife, about 1 hour. | 12. Transfer to a serving platter and let rest for 10 to 15 minutes. | 13. Carve the chicken. | 14. Garnish with orange sections. | 15. Variation: Use 4 tablespoons pomegranate juice in place of the lemon juice. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
lemon	1			1.2808	0.4116	0.0486	0.0132
roasting chicken	1			965.6022	0.408	77.4748	70.0855
lemon zest			grated	-	-	-	-
lemon	1		cut	1.2808	0.4116	0.0486	0.0132
orange zest			grated	-	-	-	-
orange	1		cut	1.7625	0.4406	0.0352	0.0045
gingerroot	3	tablespoons	peeled grated	-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
margarine	5	tablespoons	melted	506.895	0.6345	0.6345	56.7525
lemon juice	4	tablespoons		13.42	4.209	0.2135	0.1464
orange juice	1/2	cup		55.8	12.895999999999999	0.868	0.248
honey	3	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
orange section				-	-	-	-

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