Sage Pesto-rubbed Roast Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh sage
• 1/3 cup reduced-sodium fat-free chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts, toasted
• 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1 (7 lb) roasting chickens
• cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450°.
• 2 to prepare pesto, combine first 7 ingredients in a blender or food processor; process until smooth.
• 3 to prepare chicken, remove and discard giblets and neck from chicken. rinse chicken with cold water; pat dry.
• 4 trim excess fat. starting at neck cavity, loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers, gently pushing between skin and meat.
• 5 rub pesto under loosened skin and over breast and drumsticks. lift wing tips up and over back; tuck under chicken.
• 6 place chicken, breast side up, on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray; bake at 450° for 30 minutes.
• 7 reduce oven temperature to 350° (do not remove chicken from oven); bake an additional 1 1/2 hours or until a thermometer registers 180°.
• 8 let stand 10 minutes. discard skin.