There is nothing better than a properly cooked and delicious roast chicken; follow our roast chicken recipe for a beautifully succulent meal.
This whole roasted chicken recipe is the easiest way to make a bird with crispy skin and flavorful, juicy meat.
Ingredients
- 1 whole roasting chicken
- 2 tsp unsalted butter, softened
- 1tsp rosemary
- 1 1/2 tsp thyme
- 1 tsp chili
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 onion, peeled and sliced
- 1 lemon
Chicken Roast Recipe
- Preheat oven to 250
- Starting from the neck , loosen skin from breasts and drumsticks by inserting fingers, gently pushing between skin and meat.
- Combine butter and ingredients in a small bowl. Rub mixture under loosened skin, over flesh; rub over top of skin. Tie ends of legs together with twine. Lift wing tips up and over back; tuck under chicken. Place chicken, breast side up, on a rack; place rack in roasting pan. Place onions and lemon in cavity of chicken.
- Bake at 250 for 45 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 280° bake at for 15 minutes . Remove chicken from pan let stand 10 minutes.
