Ginger Rum Roast Chicken
List of Ingredients
1 4 1/2 lb roasting chicken
5 large cloves garlic, minced
2" ginger root, minced
grated zest of 2 limes
2 "dezested" limes, cut in 1/4 s
2 tsp coarse (Kosher) salt
1/4 tsp freshly ground blk pepper
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1 TBS olive oil
3-4 TBS dark rum
2 tsp lemon juice
3 tsp lime juice (squeezed from some
of the 1/4 s)
2 TBS lo cholesterol butter substitute
You may use real butter, if you like. Preheat oven to 450 F. Clean &
dry the chicken. Combine remaining ingredients Except the quartered
limes, and the butter. Rub inside And out the chicken, making sure to
get some of the Mixture under the breast skin, on both sides. Stuff
the inside Of the chicken with the quartered limes (even the ones that
You juiced) with the cut sides toward the chicken. Place bird, BREAST
side down, in a greased baking pan. Roast for 20 minutes, stopping,
to top the bird with the butter, After about 10 minutes. Allow to
melt & baste bird once. Roast for a second 20 minutes, basting a few
times, during The process. Remove from oven, and turn bird, breast
Side UP&. And return to oven for another 20 minutes, Again basting
before the return & once or twice during. Total roasting time is
about 60 minutes, or until the juices Run clear. Top will be nicely
browned. Take pan juices &, at this point, you may add a bit more
Rum, if you like. If not, you may thicken with a slurry Of cornstarch
& water, until it is of a nice consistency. Serves 4, unless you re
VERRRRRY hungry! Recipe
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