Best Roasted Chicken Recipe Oven

Loosen skin on chicken breast.

Best roasted chicken recipe oven. Mix butter garlic thyme rosemary lemon zest 1 2 teaspoon salt and 1 2 teaspoon pepper together in a bowl. Preheat oven to 400 degrees f 200 degrees c. Remove the chicken giblets. Preheat oven to 450.

So i googled best roasted chicken damnit and this recipe came up. It s really easy to prepare a whole chicken for roasting. Rub butter mixture between skin and breast meat. Rinse the chicken inside and out.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees f 175 degrees c. Place chicken in a roasting pan and season generously inside and out with salt and pepper. Directions preheat the oven to 425 degrees f. Sprinkle liberally with freshly cracked pepper and kosher or sea salt if all you have is table salt use only a little.

Place in a roasting pan sprayed w a. Sprinkle inside and out with onion powder. I was concerned about the time to roast it as my bird was a little more than 5 pounds and the recipe called for 50 to 60 minutes. Wash and completely dry the chicken inside and out this is the key you do not want the bird to steam.

Press on the skin to distribute evenly. Roast the chicken for 1 1 2 hours or until the juices run clear when you cut between a leg and thigh. Place 3 tablespoons margarine in the chicken cavity.