Perfect Roast Chicken

📝 Ingredients

• 1 1.5 kg whole chicken (patted dry)
• 2 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp crushed black pepper
• Small bunch mixed herbs (such as rosemary, thyme and sage)
• zest of 1 lemon (use a vegetable peeler)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Season the chicken inside and out with salt and pepper
2. 2Refrigerate the chicken uncovered, overnight
3. 3Heat oven to 230 degrees C
4. 4Place chicken breast-side up in a roasting pan and stuff the cavity with the herbs and lemon zest
5. 5Tie the legs together with kitchen string and roast 50 minutes, then baste chicken with the pan juices
6. 6Continue roasting until chicken's juices run clear when skin is pierced with a knife (about 5 to 10 minutes longer
7. 7Let the chicken rest for 10 minutes before carving