Have you ever heard the expression: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade?” For me it’s more like- “When life gives you lemons, bake a chicken.”
Lately life has been giving me a lot of lemons. I have a tree in my backyard that provides a ton of lemons every winter. It’s more lemons than I know what to do with. True to the original saying, I’ve been drinking a lot of lemonade. But I’ve also been trying to find other ways to use the lemons. The best I’ve found is to bake a chicken.
What I do is take two lemons, slice them up, then stuff them into the cavity of a chicken. Then I drizzle olive oil and pat some seasoning onto the outside of the chicken and toss the whole shebang into the oven for about an hour. The chicken comes out very moist. I think in concept it is similar to a beer can chicken where the steam bastes the chicken from the inside. It’s a pretty lazy way to use up a few lemons to make the base for a pretty hearty meal.
