Roasted Rosemary-Garlic Chicken

Ingredients

5 to 6 pound roasting chicken
1-1/2 tablespoons Tampico’s minced dried garlic
1-1/2 tablespoons Tampico’s dried rosemary
2 heads of fresh garlic
4 fresh onions, peeled and chopped
1 tablespoons olive oil

Serves

Serves 8

Instructions

Rinse chicken and pat dry. Remove and discard neck and giblets. Trim any excess fat. Loosen skin from breasts and drumsticks. Place minced dried garlic and rosemary beneath skin. Lift wing tips up and over back; tuck under chicken. Place chicken, breast side up, on a broiler pan. Cut tops off garlic, leaving root intact. Brush onions and garlic with olive oil; place around chicken. Bake at 450 degrees for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake an additional 1 hour and 15 minutes or until meat thermometer registers 180 degrees. Serve.

Meat and Poultry