Healthier Juicy Roasted Chicken

Name: Healthier Juicy Roasted Chicken
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter, divided; 227 grams carrots, split lengthwise and cut into 2-inch pieces; 1 stalk celery, leaves removed; 454 grams fingerling potatoes, split lengthwise; 6 servings salt and ground black pepper to taste; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 1 kilograms whole chicken, giblets removed; 567 grams winter squash, peeled, seeded and cut into chunks

Healthier Juicy Roasted Chicken might be a good recipe to expand your main course repertoire. One portion of this dish contains around 23g of protein, 37g of fat, and a total of 528 calories. This gluten free recipe serves 6. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. Head to the store and pick up butter, carrots, fingerling potatoes, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (218 degrees C).

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Oven

Toss squash, potatoes, carrots, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a roasting pan.

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Olive Oil

Potato

Carrot

Pepper

Squash

Salt

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Roasting Pan

Spread into a single layer and place a V-rack on top. Season chicken generously inside and out with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

Spread

Place 1 tablespoon butter in the chicken cavity. Arrange dollops of remaining butter between skin and flesh of breast meat.

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Meat

Butter

Cut celery into 3 or 4 pieces and place in cavity of chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Celery

Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Turn heat down to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and continue baking until no longer pink at the bone and juices run clear, about 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

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Bone

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Kitchen Thermometer