so i'm going to start with the chicken about four to five pounds a whole chicken and the first thing i'm going to do is pat it dry and that helps it brown when it's in the oven and then salt it inside and out lots of salt you want to have fantastic flavor and pepper i want lots of flavor in it so i'm going to take lemon i'm just going to cut it in big quarters just like that and put half a lemon inside the chicken and then when it roasts all the lemon juices and the chicken and then i'm going to put garlic in too so that's going to roast in don't have to peel the garlic you don't have to do anything just cut it right in half and all that fabulous garlic is going to be in the chicken right inside okay into a roasting pan and then we're going to cook it with lots of wonderful flavors onions more lemon first i'm going to tie this little guy together there are lots of ways to trust a chicken but i hate when it looks like it's in bondage all you have to do is tie the legs together no dressing's really just about making sure the chicken roasts evenly if the legs are like out like that they're not going to roast at the same time the rest of the body of the chicken just take the wings just tuck them under just like that perfect little olive oil so it browns beautifully just drizzle it on clean hands are the best tools and salt pepper on top i want this to be the best chicken ever okay that's the chicken next i'm going to do lemons and onions and i'm going to mix them together and roast them with the chicken and not only will i serve them with the chicken but it's going to become the sauce too some fat someone just do this in the bowl you can do it in the pan but i just like to toss it together in the bowl so i've got the half a lemon that i've left over i'm gonna do another lemon it's actually amazing never think of eating cooked lemon including the rind but when it's roasted with the chicken sort of caramelizes a little bit and it's so delicious a little bit bitter but i like that it's really good and of course the juice makes the sauce which is fabulous so i'm going to cut up big thick slices of two spanish onions i actually like spanish onions they're a little sweeter than regular onions there's lots of vegetables it makes lots of sauce and vegetables to serve along with it big rough slices two tablespoons of good olive oil just drizzle it on top about a teaspoon of salt this is why i like to do it in a bowl so you get it really well mixed half a teaspoon of pepper clean hands again okay and then we'll take all of this and just put it right around the chicken and it's all going to roast together all the chicken juices and the lemon juices and the onions they're all going to cook together it's going to be so delicious this is my version of the glamour magazine girls engagement chicken okay into the oven 425 degrees and depending on how big the chicken is it'll be about an hour and 15 an hour and 30 minutes and this is going to be the most delicious engagement chicken you