Tea Brined Roast Chicken Recipe

Ingredients

• Brine
• 2 family-size bags Luzianne® Iced Tea, unsweetened
• 1/2 gallon water, room temperature
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup kosher or coarse salt
• 1 small bunch sage
• 1 small bunch rosemary
• 1 small bunch thyme
• 3 cloves garlic, smashed
• 1 lemon, quartered
• 1/2 gallon water, ice-cold
• Chicken
• 1 roasting chicken, about 6 pounds (giblets removed)
• Salt, to taste
• Pepper, to taste
• 1/2 onion, peeled and halved
• 1/2 carrot, peeled and halved
• 1/2 celery stick, halved
• 1 sprig fresh thyme
• 1 sprig fresh rosemary
• 1 sprig fresh sage
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup bourbon
• 2 family-size bags Luzianne®️ Iced Tea, unsweetened
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter