Ingredients:

• 1 4-lb. roasting chicken
  
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  
• 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
  
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  
• Piece of lemon peel
  

Have chicken at room temperature. Rub chicken
with 2 tablespoons of the butter, tarragon, and
lemon juice. Place 1 tablespoon of butter and lemon
peel inside the chicken. Roast chicken uncovered in
oven at 300 degrees until tender, basting often

Chicken requires 30 to 35 minutes per pound.
Instead of lemon peel and butter, a piece of low-
sodium bread fried in unsalted butter and rubbed
with garlic may be substituted.

Variation: Put a green pepper or onion in the cavity
of the chicken before.