Improved roast chicken - Legendary Recipes %

Name: Improved roast chicken - Legendary Recipes %
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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Improved roast chicken. Author of The New Midwestern Table, Amy Thielen has discovered the ultimate secret to perfectly crackly skin and supremely juicy,

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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