This recipe can be made easily with staples from your kitchen and will require little forethought other than securing a tasty chicken and a fresh lemon.
2 medium onions, chopped in one inch slices
2 tbs. butter softened
1/4 tsp. grated lemon peel
1 chicken 4-5 lb.
1/4 cup water
1 chicken bouillon cube
1 tsp. dried parsley
1 tsp. dried dill
3 tbsp. lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1/2 tsp. pepper
Place onions in bottom of roasting pan. Mix butter with lemon peel in bowl. Place chicken, wings tucked under, in roasting pan. Rub butter mixture all over top and sides of chicken. In microwave add water and bouillon cube and heat on high until cube melts. Pour into roasting pan. Drizzle lemon juice over chicken. Sprinkle chicken with parsley, dill, salt, pepper, paprika, thyme, and pepper. Cover with tin foil. Roast 375 degrees for one and one half hours. Remove foil the last 30 min. of cooking to brown.