Garlic Roast Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 lemon, halved
• ¹/₃ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 large baguette, thickly sliced
• 1 6-to 7-pound whole roasting chicken, giblets removed
• 4 heads garlic, cloves separated, unpeeled
• 1 cup Nicoise olives
• 1 teaspoon coarse salt
• + 3 more ingredients
• • ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 9 sprigs fresh tarragon
  • 9 sprigs fresh thyme

Heat oven to 450° F. Gently loosen the chicken skin from the breast meat and place a third of the thyme and tarragon under the skin. Place another third of the herbs, plus the lemon and a handful of garlic cloves, inside the chicken cavity, and tie the legs together with cooking twine. Place the ...

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