Rosemary Chicken Baked in Foil
2 1/2
pounds chicken
1 teaspoon rosemary
3 each cloves garlic, smashed
1 1/2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
1 each onion, sliced
2 each carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
2 each celery ribs, divided
4 each red potatoes, scrubbed and quartered
3 Tablespoons water
Preheat oven to 450.
Season inside of chicken liberally with salt and pepper to
taste. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon rosemary inside cavity. Add 2 garlic cloves. Tie
chicken legs together.
Place chicken on double sheet of heavy duty aluminum foil 24
inches long. Rub skin with remaining garlic. Brush olive oil all over outside of
chicken. Season with salt and pepper and remaining rosemary.
Scatter veggies around chicken. Season vegetables with salt
and pepper and sprinkle with water.
Bring 2 long sides of foil together over chicken. Fold over
twice and pinch to seal. Fold and pinch 2 short ends, leaving package as tented
as possible.
Place in oven and bake 50 to 60 minutes or until juices near
thigh joint run clear when pricked with fork. Serve chicken with veggies and pan
juices.
Yield: 6 servings. Diabetic exchanges per serving: 1/2 bread,
3 1/2 lean meat, 1 vegetable, 2 1/2 fat. Also: 366 calories, 23 g fat (6 sat
fat), 124 mg cholesterol, 14 g carb, 2 g fiber, 25 g protein, 119 mg sodium, 694
potassium.
9 WW PPS