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Homemade Herb Roasted Chicken

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Homemade herb-roasted chicken. Better than the grocery store rotisserie kind! At #loveyourlifefriday over at karenehman.com

Today…how to make a homemade herb roasted chicken that tastes even better than the store-bought rotisserie variety. Its easy and your family and friends will love it!

First, purchase whole chickens from the grocery store. Choose a 5-6 pound one for this recipe. (You can adjust the cooking time for a larger or smaller bird)

IMG_3415Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Unwrap and remove any necks, giblets and such that may be inside the bird’s cavity. Rinse and pat dry.

Place one or two chickens in a roasting pan on a roasting rack. (If you make two you can have one for roasted chicken salad the next day!) Add about 1/2 inch of water to the pan.

Rub the bird with butter or olive oil. Coconut oil works too. Generously sprinkle with any herbs you’d like. I usually do combination of lemon pepper, basil, fresh garlic, sea salt, and a little bit of oregano. Other times I squeeze fresh lemon juice over the birds and the rub with fresh garlic, rosemary, sea salt, and fresh cracked pepper.

IMG_3416Place in oven and bake for 10 minutes. Turn oven down to 350 degrees. Remove bird and cover with a foil tent, making sure the foil doesn’t touch the top of the bird and sealing edges tightly.

Return to oven and bake 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 45 minutes. Remove foil and let bake 5-10 minutes more to brown skin nicely. Cut bird to make sure it is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear.

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Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes before carving. Yum!

 

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2 Comments

  1. This looks awesome, Karen! I’m going to give it a try. My roasted chicken is always underdone or overdone, but this sounds easy. Love the idea for this series.

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