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ROASTED CHICKEN

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Pollo asado
1 chicken
2 lemons cut in 4 wedges each with skin
2 oranges cut into 4 or 8 with skin
1 head of garlic cut in half with skin
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/8 cup white wine
1/8 cup olive oil
1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp thyme
2 tsp salt
pepper to taste
350 ml bone broth

Wash the chicken well and pat it dry with a paper towel. Rub the chicken with salt and pepper inside and out. Fill the chicken with the garlic in halves, lemons and oranges, the cavity should be full. This filling is later removed, it is just for flavor.

Tie the legs with string and place the chicken on a rack over a baking dish.
Bake in a preheated oven at 400º F for 1 hour. Every 20 minutes approx. open the oven and bathe the chicken with bone broth.

In a bowl add the orange juice, lemon juice, white wine, olive oil, minced garlic, oregano and thyme, stir well. After the first hour of the oven, remove the chicken and bathe it with this orange sauce all over, return to the oven and keep 40 more minutes, bathing the chicken every 20 minutes, so it will not dry out. If you need more liquid, use bone broth to bathe.

Once ready, remove the chicken and transfer to a serving dish. Transfer the juices to a sauce bowl and serve with the chicken.