ROAST SPICED CHICKEN

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Ever have a worn index card recipe from your mother with food stains covering the words? Spiced chicken has been in our family more than 50 years. -Cindy Kanwar, Blacklick, OH

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Dinner

Time 1h50m

Yield 12 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 12

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Ingredients

3 teaspoons dried thyme
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons seasoned salt
2 teaspoons pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2/3 cup butter, cubed
1/3 cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1-1/2 teaspoons paprika
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1 roasting chicken (6 to 7 pounds)
1 lemon, quartered, optional

Steps:

Preheat oven to 425°. In a small bowl, mix the first 5 ingredients. In a small saucepan, melt butter; stir in lemon juice, mustard, paprika and garlic salt. Keep warm., Sprinkle half the thyme mixture inside chicken; if desired, place quartered lemon inside chicken. Place chicken on a rack in a shallow roasting pan, breast side up. Tuck wings under chicken; tie drumsticks together., Brush outside of chicken with 1/2 cup butter mixture; sprinkle with remaining thyme mixture. Roast 1 hour, basting every 15 minutes with remaining butter mixture. (Cover loosely with foil if chicken browns too quickly.), Roast until a thermometer inserted in thickest part of thigh reads 170°-175°, 30-60 minutes longer. Remove chicken from oven; tent with foil. Let stand 15 minutes before carving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 390 calories, Fat 27g fat (11g saturated fat), Cholesterol 132mg cholesterol, Sodium 918mg sodium, Carbohydrate 2g carbohydrate (0 sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 33g protein.