Ingredients
3- 3 1/2 lb (1.5 kg) chicken
2 tbsp butter or margarine, melted
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 ground sage
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/4 tsp lemon-pepper seasoning or black pepper
directions
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F ( 190 degrees C ).
2. Rinse inside of chicken, pat dry with paper towels. Place chicken, breast side up, on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Brush with melted butter, rub garlic over chicken.
3. In a small bowl stir together basil, salt, sage, thyme, and lemon pepper seasoning, rub onto chicken.
4. Roast, uncovered, in the oven for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours or until drumsticks move easily in their sockets and chicken is no longer pink. Remove the chicken from oven. Cover, let stand for 10 minutes before serve.
