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Lemon Roast Chicken

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Ingredients
  

  • tablespoon of olive oil
  • 6 or more cloves of minced garlic
  • tablespoon of pink Himalayan salt
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 2 minced springs of rosemary
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • lemon zest from 1 lemon
  • whole chicken
  • 2 lemons juiced

Instructions
 

  • Mix first 7 ingredients into a paste and rub underneath and over the separated chicken skin.
  • Pour lemon juice between skin and chicken and into chicken cavity.
  • Place chicken into roasting pan with 1/2 cup water.
  • Flash broil until skin begins to brown, then reduce heat to 300 degrees F, cover and roast until internal temperature reaches 155 degrees F.
  • Remove lid and finish cooking until internal temperature reaches 165F.