Recipes Roasted Chickens with Lemon and Orange 5.0 (4,296) Add your rating & review Plus: More Chicken Recipes and Tips By Steven Wagner Updated on December 9, 2015 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: © Maura McEvoy Active Time: 20 mins Total Time: 1 hrs 30 mins Yield: 8 Ingredients Two 3 1/2-pound chickens Salt and freshly ground pepper 1 lemon, halved 1 orange, halved 8 garlic cloves 8 rosemary sprigs 8 thyme sprigs Directions Preheat the oven to 425°. Season the chickens all over with salt and pepper. Stuff each chicken with a lemon and orange half, 2 garlic cloves and 2 sprigs each of rosemary and thyme. Tie the legs together with kitchen string. Set the chickens in a large roasting pan and tuck the remaining garlic cloves and rosemary and thyme sprigs between the legs. Roast the chickens for about 1 1/4 hours, or until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of a thigh registers 165°. Let the chickens rest for 10 minutes before carving. Rate it Print