Lemon Pepper Rosemary Chicken

This is so fun

Hey, y'all. Are you seeing my dog in there? It's raining outside today, and we're going to make chicken

And I love this chicken recipe. Matthew, you okay? Kimmy, you want to rub the chicken

Yes! It's roasted chicken. Roasted chicken! Roasted chicken, y'all. Everybody loves. Easy, it's affordable

The best part is that we're going to stick stuff inside the chicken. Woo-hoo! See, there you go

It's a winner. So we've got one fryer that we're going to use. I've got two cloves of garlic

Look, I'm going to cut both of them. We're going to the bathroom. We'll be right back. Okay, go T.T., Mad

I'm going to cut these across like this. Jack, I'll get you to help me, okay? Okay. We're going to put one of these just off the side on the tray

We're going to roast it because roasted garlic is delicious. And we're going to take our lemon

You ready? Ready. You're going to grab the bird and we're going to open him up

Say, ah. Okay, now my hands have touched this chicken, so I don't want to touch anything else, okay

Can I touch it? Not yet. If you touch the chicken and you touch something else, that's cross-contamination

And raw poultry can make you sick. So once you touch the chicken, the next thing you have to do is wash your hands

Okay. So I need you to help me. Can you reach over and get a little bit of salt? Put it inside

Awesome. Okay, now get some pepper. That'll make it easier for you

Don't touch it. I'm not going to touch you. Now open it

It's not going to bite you. It's not getting dangerous. It's just kitchen safety is all it is

Okay? Now get your lemon. Stick them in there. Boom. Other lemon

Stick it in there. Boom. Now stick your garlic in there. This right here, Bubba

Can you get that in there? I'll help you. Say ah. Okay, and one more

So we've got our garlic. Now can I touch the chicken? We're gonna butter this bird up

So cut maybe a quarter of that off. You gonna butter the bird? Yes, ma'am

Cut a quarter of it, Bubba. Come down to right there Right here Right there yeah That good Now pick up that huge honk with your hand But I already touched the chicken I just do it with this hand Grab that butter right there

Grab that. Awesome. I would really like that. Rub it. Massage him down real good

You didn't think your kid could laugh in the kitchen? You think you've got to have video games

You don't. Get one chicken and one tub of butter. Is that awesome

Yeah. And we're going to rub him under his skin real good. Oh, I forgot our rosemary

That's okay. We'll get Mama to do it. Mama, can you grab one of those rosemary sprigs, please

Sure. That's bottom. No, his bottom's down here. See this big, big hole

Oh, yeah? Stick it in there, baby. Just drop it right there. Yeah, I'll get it in. So we've got rosemary on the inside

This is just sick. And then, Mom, will you hand me one more? but it feels awesome. Cut it in half, will you

Yeah. I'll touch it. Are you sure you want to touch it

Is it gross? It's pretty gross. Want to both have it? Yeah, I'm going to put rosemary on it

Okay, I won't touch it. It's so cool. So as he's roasting, this rosemary is going to open up

and this flavor is going to be inside of his skin. It's going to be awesome. And the butter is going to make it super crispy

and turn it so brown. So, Brooke, now, if you would, get this lemon pepper

This is a lemon pepper chicken, y'all. Right here. Uh-oh, we just had a reversal of fortune

This is so fun. Lemon pepper, baby, sprinkle it. Okay, Jack, we're good

Why did I do this? Maddie, I'll let you touch the one that's cooked, deal

Deal. Okay, because this is kind of gross. I think it's awesome

And I'm going to tie his legs up so we can keep all his stuff in there. Did you see how we just lost part of our garlic

So we're going to tie him up with some cooking twine. so we can keep his mouth closed while we're cooking

I like to squeeze on. Get it all. Squeeze. What's your favorite thing to cook, Jack

Chicken. Ew, I pulled something out of him. What is this

Ew, your hands feel disgusting. Give me five. Your hands look pretty gross, too, Jack

Hey, hand washing, let's go. Most important part of this recipe Come here Jack Wait a minute but I never filled a raw chicken and this is a very very fun thing

We might not get through this project. He's good. Mashage your chicken for one and a half hours

Wanna see his bottom, everyone? Everyone wanna see his bottom? There it is

Here's his little tail. There's his bottom one. I didn't realize how much of a boy activity this is

It's all good. Everybody, if you do this project, you need to remember to wash your hands

Big time. I'm never going to get this off. What did you get right there on your wrist

We should really make this at the house. So then we can get even more messier when we're not on

I'm pretty sure this is a mom or dad activity. I'm pretty sure this is my activity

So let's assess where we are. I'm going to touch that again. Matthew is never going to touch that again

We've got our bird. We've taken garlic. We've cut it in half

Here's his bottom hole right here. Okay, here's his bottom hole right here

Matthew wants to make sure everyone understands. It's the bottom. So we've got our fryer

We've got our garlic. We've cut both of them in half. We're going to roast one

We stuck the other one in the cavity of the bird. We put, there were two lemons in there

and he somehow squeezed one of the lemon halves out. We buttered the bird

We put rosemary inside. We put some under the skin. We've got lemon pepper

We're gonna go into the oven with this on 350 degrees for about an hour

Internal temperature has to be 165 or until the juices run clear

We're not gonna cover this. We've put all this butter on the outside because butter is the best browning agent

You can't believe the beautiful crust that you'll get on the bird with butter

So into the oven. Tell the bird bye, boys. Bye. Bye, bird

Bye, bird. See you in a little while. Have a nice sun-mazing

This is what you get, y'all. Look how beautiful and gold it is and the lemon pepper

It's really raining outside here in Savannah today. And as you can tell, my kids have really enjoyed

being in the kitchen with us. Parents, I promise you. Give it a massage

I tell everybody, get your kids in the kitchen. One hour massage

Look how juicy it is. Don forget it One hour massage I have such great memories of cooking in the kitchen with my mom and that really where a lot of family memories are made It also teaches your kids how to cook which is a good thing

We've just done a real simple side salad with this, and the entire cost of the meal is under $15

So for the four of us, I wonder what my child is doing in that room with our dog

Maddie, what are you doing? Right here. What? Right in here. Playing with what

Yes, I'm playing with. Okay, good. So this whole meal, y'all, we got a chicken and a simple side salad that's under $15

We've got some bread. And I don't think we're going to toast it off today. I'm just going to add a little bit of butter

And the garlic that we've roasted, here's a good trick. Take your roasted garlic, and you can spread a little bit

Look how good that looks. Squeeze it out. You need the chicken legs. This is real garlic bread

Jack, you want to try your garlic? That would be perfect. Come on, boys

Let's eat. You guys want some chicken? Yes, chicken. Chicken. Heck, you want chicken leg

Chicken leg. This is juicy and looks delicious. There you go, son

I'm going to cut you some breast, Maddie. I'm glad this isn't raw chicken

I'm glad it's not raw chicken, too. It looks like it, though. It's just juicy

What do you think, buddy? It's very good. Very good. And look, you can see our lemon down in there, so you know it's got awesome flavor

That little extra step really adds a lot of flavor. Lemon is delicious with chicken, too

Moo Man, you want to sit down and eat? Say the blessing, Matty. God is great

God is good. Let us thank him for our food. By his hands we are fed

Give us Lord a daily bread. Amen. Now we eat. Come sit down, Matty

You look at Matthew and you think I could never get him to stop eating, but it's a challenge for parents to get your kids to eat all the time

But for us, all the fun's really in the kitchen. The bonus is that the food is really good

The thing is, when you make a chicken this size, we're never going to eat it all, so we always have leftovers

We love chicken salad. There's good chicken salad recipes on my mama's network, too

So until next time, y'all, I'm exhausted. Eat up. Thanks. Where's your brother

Thank you