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Ingredients
- Basting Sauce:
- 1 whole large roasting chicken
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 stick butter
- 1 lemon, squeezed and zested
- 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp. yellow mustard
- 1/2 tsp. vinegar
- dash Tabasco (or other hot sauce)
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.
In sauce pan, combine all basting sauce ingredients, stir well, and
simmer over low heat for 20 minutes, stirring often.
Wash chicken and pat dry. Rub inside and out with salt and black
pepper. Place on rack in roasting pan. Take baster and squirt all
basting sauce over entire chicken, inside and out. Cover chicken
with roasting pan cover or foil.
Put in 275 degree oven for 30 minutes, removing cover and basting
twice.
After 30 minute cooking time, remove cover or foil and cook
uncovered for 2 1/2 to 3 hours (depending on size of bird) at 275
degrees, basting every 30 minutes during this cooking time.
Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes before carving.
Servings: 4