Perfect! - I was looking for a new roast chicken recipe, having abandoned my Delia Smith version, and this was an instant hit. I zested the lemons before juicing them, and added the zest to the herbs & juice and oil, and rubbed everything on together. Also stuffed the chicken with the leftover lemon-rind pieces. Added a bit of sherry to the liquid in the bottom of the pan. Cooked it in a covered roasting pan for 20 mins/lb at 375, then 15-20mins at 425 to brown. Served it with Onion Roasted Sweet Potatoes also off this site.

Great and easy recipe! It is so moist and flavorful. I used chicken breast in a roasting bag with the seasoning. It was faster than the whole chicken.

My favorite recipe for roast chicken!!!! Simple, tasty and it makes the house smell wonderful.

nice mix of spices

I think this recipe is foolproof. I had never cooked a whole chicken before, so I was a little nervous about trying it. It turned out great! It was very flavorful and moist throughout. My fiance loved it and he kept raving about it the whole time we were eating. I used a 5 lb. chicken so it took a little over 2 hours to cook. Also I brined the chicken for about an hour before cooking. I will definitely be making this again.

This chicken recipe was amazing! Juicy tender and flavorful! I made a delish gravy out of the drippings! Thanks for the recipe!

this is very good chicken, but would like more flavor in the meat instead of on the skin. next time i will try to mix lemon juice and olive oil with the seasoning and inject into meat before baking.

Very tasty! I rubbed some of the seasoning under the skin for extra flavor. Added lemon pepper seasoning, extra garlic powder, & pepper. Baked at 325 for 2 hours. Roasted baby potatoes in pan with chicken...they had great flavor!

This was a great recipe. The only thing I had problems with was the cooking time. I left it in a little longer than directed, but still had spots close to the bone that weren't done. Other than that, this was a wonderful trade off to normal chicken dishes.

mmmm mmm good

My first attempt at a whole roasted chicken and it came out great. Super easy and moist. There was a lot of lemon flavor but I love lemon so it wasn't a problem.

This was good but slightly too lemon-y for me. That was probably my fault. I sliced lemon(very thinly) & put under the skin of the chicken before cooking. I also chopped about 5 medium size red skin potatoes & put around the chicken before roasting. The potatoes absorbed the flavors from the chicken, lemon & spices. I will probably make this again.

A great recipe for summer - tasty and refreshing. I had planned on doing a roast chicken supper but the weather was just too hot so I decided to cook the chicken in the morning and eat it cold. I also wanted to add some flavour (no gravy etc for flavour) and this looked good and it tasted good! I made as stated but I put the rub (mixed with some lemon juice) underneath the skin on the breasts as well as in the cavity and outside and I put the squeezed lemons inside the cavity along with one onion and some garlic cloves. If you wanted to be ultra healthy you could forget the olive oil and just use the lemon juice. Still produces a tasty bird!

This turned out great! I had a whole cut up chicken so I used that, and I grated some lemon zest over it also. The chicken came out very juicy. Me, my husband and my 2 yr old all loved it!

Awesome flavor and moisture. I did "brine" the chicken per instructions elsewhere on this site. Will make this over and over.

My first time cooking a whole chicken. It turned out GREAT.

I never made this type of chicken before, so this one was new for me. I made the chicken exactly as written and it came out perfect. I didn't know what to make on the side so I threw some butter tasten biscuits in the oven and used "Cream of soup base" by Nell Marsh from this sight allrecipes.com. I added some of the broth from under the chicken and added some cooked california blend frozen vegetables in the cream of soup base. It was excellent and my boys (husband and three sons) gave me Great reviews. It tasted just like Chicken and Dumplings. This one is going into the recipe box for sure. Thank you for sharing..