Lemon chicken with garlic and thyme

1.

Preheat the oven (electric stove: 200 ° C / convection: 175 ° C / gas: see manufacturer). Wash the chicken inside and out, pat dry and rub with salt and pepper. Put in a roaster. Mash the garlic cloves with a wide knife blade.

2.

Wash the thyme. Pour half into the chicken and spread around it. Brush the chicken with oil and fry in the hot oven for about 1 1⁄2 hours. After about 30 minutes, pour in 1⁄4 l of water.

3.

Wash the lemon with hot water and thinly peel off the peel with a zester. Or peel the lemon and cut the peel into thin strips. Cut the fruit into slices. Approx. Add both 20 minutes before the end of the roasting time.

4.

This goes well with salad and roasted potatoes.