yummy chicken surprise

i got this idea from Yummy magazine. i don't really remember most of the ingredients in their recipe and how they actually cooked it but the part where you insert bacon strips in between the chicken's skin and meat stuck with me.

so i thought of preparing this for lunch the day after Papi's birthday, when all my 'take-with me-work' was done and i was free to just enjoy my time. i didn't expect it to come out this good but it's the tastiest oven roasted chicken i've ever prepared. the meat was so tender, it fell of the bones. i smacked my lips many times while eating. =D

i hope you will enjoy it as i did. it was a cinch to prepare, required less time and monitoring than usual.

ingredients:
1. 1 whole chicken split in half on one side and generously rubbed with salt, pepper, garlic, and lemon [best to do this the day before, i luckily had this in the ref waiting since the day before, a surplus of papi's birthday dinner]

2. bacon strips

3. butter

procedure:
1. preheat oven-toaster and insert bacon strips under the chicken's skin and in between layers of meat. try to reach into the deep cavities so you can distribute the bacon strips evenly.

2. microwave chicken on medium for 5 minutes and on high for another 5 minutes [ i discovered this trick recently, to cut down on roasting time while still ensuring the chicken is thoroughly cooked without drying it up]

3. butter your roasting pan and the outside of the chicken.

4. oven-roast for 1 hour turning twice to evenly cook both sides, basting the skin with the drippings everytime to keep it moist.

p.s. pasensya sa picture, too late na naman when i remembered the camera.