Shelly's Recipe

ROTISSERIE STYLE CHICKEN

Category: Chicken

1 roasting chicken (about 5 lbs)
2 tbsp butter at room temperature
kosher salt and ground pepper
1 lemon cut in eighths
1 small bunch of thyme

Preheat oven to 400. Rinse the chicken and pat dry. Rub the butter into the chicken skin and then liberally sprinkle the inside and outside with salt and pepper. Stuff the cavity with lemon and thyme.

Place the chicken in a large Dutch oven and roast, uncovered, at 400 for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Reduce the heat to 250 degrees, place a cover on the pan and cook for another 2 to 3 hours. Pull the meat from bones and serve.