California Farm 1 Chicken 1 Lemon Roast

Name: California Farm 1 Chicken 1 Lemon Roast
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 8 people, plus soup
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken, 7 pounds; 1 whole big meyer lemon; 1/4 Tsp ground red Aleppo pepper per pound of chicken; 1/4 Tsp flaked seasalt per pound of chicken; 1/4 Tsp granulated garlic per pound of chicken, optional; Serve with microwaved corn on the cob

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

Marcella Hazan’s famous recipe of one whole chicken and one whole lemon, pepper and salt. Nothing else. A true home kitchen cook with a cookbook called “Essentials of Italian cooking”.
Thank you, Marcella

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

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Ingredients

2 x 30 plus 40 minutes

8 people, plus soup

1whole chicken, 7 pounds
1whole big meyer lemon
1/4 Tspground red Aleppo pepper per pound of chicken
1/4 Tspflaked seasalt per pound of chicken
1/4 Tspgranulated garlic per pound of chicken, optional
Serve with microwaved corn on the cob
Equipment: roasting pan, oven, toothpicks
Cost: chicken $10.50, lemon, other 50 cents, dinner $1.40

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Steps

2 x 30 plus 40 minutes

1

Preheat convection oven to 350F degrees, conventional oven to 375F. Scrub and Pierce over ripe big half pound meyer lemon every half inch with fork.
2

Bring whole chicken to room temperature, rub in and out with flaked seasalt, and granulated garlic, and red Aleppo pepper.

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3

Trim wingtips, save neck, wingtips, organs, to make chicken broth later with leftover roasted chicken carcass. Stuff chicken cavity with lemon, close cavities with toothpicks.
4

Put on center shelf on roasting rack in preheated 350F degree convection oven, bake 30 minutes breast down.
5

Turn breast up, bake 30 more minutes. Juice will start running from the chicken into the oven pan.
6

Turn temperature up to 400F in convection oven, 425F degrees in conventional oven, bake 40 more minutes till golden.
7

Remove lemon from cavity, use for compote. Rest chicken ten minutes. A seven pound chicken yields eight big dinners, over half a pound of lean boneless protein each. Cut off 2 leg quarters and 2 wing quarters. Cut 2 breasts in 4 pieces. Serve with corn on the cob. Enjoy.

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Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

on July 20, 2025 23:09

California, United States

I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.