Roast Lemon Chicken with Sautéed Spinach

It's been a really long time since I last updated this blog. Typical. I made some Chicken last night which got masses of praise from my lover and his dad. I thought it was worthy of a new post!

Preparation Time: 5 mins

Cooking Time: 1.5-2 hours

Serves: 2-4

Ingredients for the Roast Lemon Chicken:

1 Whole Chicken

4 Lemons, halved

2 Tablespoons Garlic Powder

1 Tablespoon Dried Oregano

Salt

Pepper

Olive Oil

Ingredients for Sautéed Spinach:

1 Bag of washed & ready to eat Spinach

6 Garlic Cloves,  grated finely

Salt

Pepper
Lemon

Olive Oil

Instructions for the Roast Lemon Chicken:

- Preheat the oven to 204 degrees/ Gas mark 6.

- Wash the chicken well inside and out. Pat dry with kitchen towel. 

- Place in a roasting pan. Squeeze the juices of the lemon all over the chicken and stuff the squeezed lemon inside the chicken.
- Put olive oil inside the skin of the chicken. This should keep it moist.
- Sprinkle the garlic powder all over the chicken, coating well. Repeat with the dried oregano.
- Salt and pepper the chicken liberally.
- Place in the middle of the oven and cook for 1.5 hours or until chicken is cooked in full.
- When chicken is cooked, take out the oven and leave to rest for 15 minutes before serving.

Instructions for the Sautéed Spinach:

- Heat a deep saucepan with olive oil.
- Cook the garlic for 1 minute, be careful not brown.
- Put the spinach in the pan and stir vigorously for 5-6 minutes.
- Season to taste with salt, pepper and lemon.

Notes:

To take the taste to the next level, replace the olive oil with a big fat blob of butter!