Hot Oven-Roasted Chicken

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (2 1/2- to 3-pound) whole chicken

Preparation

1. Stir together first 5 ingredients.
2. Place chicken in a shallow dish or heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag; pour oil mixture over chicken. Cover or seal, and chill 8 hours.
3. Remove chicken from marinade, discarding marinade. Tuck wings under, and tie legs together with string, if desired. Place chicken, breast side up, on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
4. Bake at 450° for 45 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into chicken thigh registers 180°.