Best of Both Worlds Roast Chicken

Name: Best of Both Worlds Roast Chicken
Prep time: 2 h 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter; 1 stalk celery, cut into 4 pieces; 1 teaspoon dried parsley; 3 cloves garlic, sliced; 1 serving salt and ground black pepper to taste; 1 lemon, cut into 4 pieces; 1 onion, coarsely chopped; 1 teaspoon dried Italian herb seasoning; 2 kilograms whole chicken

Best of Both Worlds Roast Chicken might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 165g of protein, 154g of fat, and a total of 2144 calories. This recipe covers 53% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 1. If you have garlic, salt and ground pepper, parsley, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the lemon you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing 36 people found this recipe to be tasty and satisfying. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).

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Oven

Remove giblet packet from cavity of chicken and pat bird thoroughly dry with paper towels.

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Whole Chicken

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Paper Towels

Place 1 tablespoon butter into chicken cavity, sprinkle salt and black pepper into cavity, and stuff cavity with onion, celery, and lemon pieces. Loosen skin over breast and thigh of chicken with your fingers and insert garlic slices under the skin.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

Butter

Celery

Garlic

Lemon

Onion

Place the chicken breast side up on a rack set into a roasting pan.

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Chicken Breast

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Roasting Pan

Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat; add dried parsley and Italian seasoning.

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Italian Seasoning

Dried Parsley

Butter

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Sauce Pan

Pour half the butter-herb mixture over the chicken and rub the seasoned butter onto all parts of chicken. Reserve remaining butter mixture.

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Whole Chicken

Butter

Dry Seasoning Rub

Roast chicken in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, then remove and turn chicken so breast side is down.

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Roasted Chicken

Whole Chicken

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Oven

Pour remaining half of seasoned butter over the chicken, brushing it over all parts of the bird. Return to oven and roast an additional 10 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

Butter

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Oven

Reduce oven heat to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Roast chicken until skin is crisp and brown and the juices run clear, 1 hour and 20 more minutes. An instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a thigh, not touching bone, should read 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

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Roasted Chicken

Bone