Roasted Chicken with Ham

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken
• fine salt
• lemon juice
• manteca (lard)
• 2 slices jamón (cured ham)

Instructions

1. Clean the chicken thoroughly.
2. Tuck the wings inward and fold the legs toward the body.
3. Once well-prepared and gently beaten to tenderize, dust the chicken evenly with fine salt and drizzle with lemon juice.
4. Coat the chicken generously with manteca (lard).
5. Place a slice of jamón (cured ham) on each side of the breast.
6. Transfer the prepared chicken to an earthenware cazuela (cooking vessel) and place it in the oven to roast.