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Oven Roasted Chicken

Ingredients

  • 3-4 lb Whole chicken
  • Aromatics to stuff inside the chicken(Apple, Onion, Lemon, Garlic, Carrot, etc..)
  • 2-3 tbsp butter, softened
  • Salt and pepper
  • Dried herbs(Sage, Rosemary, Thyme, Basil, Garlic Powder, etc...)

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.

Stuff the Chicken:

  • Put the chicken on a cookie sheet or a jelly roll pan.
  • Stuff the inside of the chicken with the aromatics. I usually use 1/4-1/2 onion, carrots, garlic and maybe celery. Just give it a rough chop - big pieces.  It doesn't take too much with a bird this size.

Coat the Chicken:

  • Dry off the chicken. It'll have chicken water/broth liquid that it was wrapped with.
  • Coat the chicken with butter. Use your fingers and get all over that bird!
  • Mix up your spices, if you want. I just use the shakers to shake some on there, pretty evenly. Make sure you get all the sides.

Bake the Chicken:

  • Bake your chicken at 450 for 1 hour 15 minutes until that crust is awesomely brown!
  • Let sit for at least 10-15 minutes before slicing -- you don't want it to release the juices and dry out.