Baked Lemon Chicken Oregano - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 roasting chicken or 2 whole or disjointed
1/4 lb. butter
1/4 c. oil
2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 Tbsp. oregano
2 lemons (juice only)
3 c. boiling water
2 Tbsp. flour or cornstarch

Preparation

Wash chicken.
Heat butter and oil together.
Pour half of it into a shallow baking pan.
Spread to cover bottom.
Lay chicken in pan.
Sprinkle with salt, pepper and oregano.
Mix remaining butter mixture with lemon juice.
Baste chicken.
Bake 1 1/2 hours at 375\u00b0, basting at 3 or 4 times during baking.
Add boiling water to drippings in pan; mix.
Dilute flour or cornstarch in 1/2 cup cold water and stir into pan.
Bake 5 minutes at 475\u00b0.
Serve separately as sauce for mashed potatoes or rice pilaf.
May boil potatoes or rice and bake with chicken for 1/2 hour.