In a small dish, combine the smoked paprika, garlic powder, sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, and olive oil. Whisk these together until they form a paste.
Prepare your whole chicken by removing the “giblets,” rinse with cold water, and dry it with paper towels. Place the chicken in your roasting pan. Using kitchen twine, tie the legs together.
Spread the gorgeous paste all over the chicken, using your hands. Slather it all over.
Bake it uncovered for about 1 hour 20 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees in the thickest part of the breast. But you aren’t quite done.
After you put it in the oven, combine the honey and the juice of the lemon in a small saucepan. Melt them together over low heat. When they combine turn off the stove eye.
After the chicken has baked for half an hour, ever so gently baste it with part of the glaze.
Continue baking and repeat this every 15 minutes until the chicken has reached its completed temperature.