Improved Roast Chicken

Name: Improved Roast Chicken
Ingredients: 1 (3 1/2–4-lb.) whole chicken; 1 head garlic; 1 small bunch thyme; 3-4 oz. pork fatback, cut into 1/4-inch pieces, or 1/2 cup rendered fatback (lard), chilled; 2 tbsp. olive oil; 1⁄2 tsp. kosher salt, plus more; 1⁄2 lemon; Freshly ground black pepper

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Rubbed with pork fatback, this richly-flavored roast chicken develops a supremely crackly, bronzed skin.

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Ingredients

1 (3 1/2–4-lb.) whole chicken
1 head garlic
1 small bunch thyme
3-4 oz. pork fatback, cut into 1/4-inch pieces, or 1/2 cup rendered fatback (lard), chilled
2 tbsp. olive oil
1⁄2 tsp. kosher salt, plus more
1⁄2 lemon
Freshly ground black pepper