Shabbat Roast Chicken

Ingredients

1 3-4 pound chicken, washed and dried
olive oil, or butter
coarse sea salt
fresh finely ground pepper

Preheated oven to 350 degrees

Procedure

Place the prepared chicken in a heavy roasting pan. Rub the chicken with oil or dot with butter. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Cover with with heavy aluminum foil. Bake for about 1 hour and check to see if it is done. Take off the foil the last 15 minutes to brown thoroughly as the skin will get crispy.

Take out the baked chicken and let it rest for a couple of minutes. 

To Serve

Cut the chicken into portions for your family and guests and pile it on top of hot Syrian rice in a nice platter. Decorate around the sides with parsley and cut up citrus.

Sprinkle with coarse salt, fresh ground pepper and roasted garlic.