Roast Chicken

Name: Roast Chicken
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp butter, melted; 1 teaspoon dried rosemary; 2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided; 1 lemon half; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 teaspoon seasoned pepper; 2 kilograms whole chicken

Roast Chicken is a gluten free, primal, and fodmap friendly main course. One serving contains 356 calories, 27g of protein, and 26g of fat. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 35 minutes. Head to the store and pick up lemon half, rosemary, kosher salt, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 45

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If applicable, remove neck and giblets from chicken, and reserve for another use. Rinse chicken with cold water, and drain cavity well. Pat dry with paper towels.

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Whole Chicken

Water

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Paper Towels

Sprinkle 1/2 tsp. salt inside cavity.

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Salt

Place lemon half inside cavity.

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Lemon

Stir together pepper, rosemary, and remaining 1 tsp. salt.

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Pepper

Salt

Brush outside of chicken with oil. Rub 2 1/2 tsp. pepper mixture into skin.

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Whole Chicken

Pepper

Cooking Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

Sprinkle remaining pepper mixture over both sides of breast.

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Pepper

Place chicken, breast side up, on a lightly greased wire rack in a lightly greased shallow roasting pan.

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Whole Chicken

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Add 3/4 cup water to pan.

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Bake at 450 for 20 minutes. Reduce heat to 375, and bake 30 minutes. Baste chicken with pan juices; drizzle with melted butter.

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Whole Chicken

Butter

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Bake 15 to 25 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted in thigh registers 165, shielding with aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning, if necessary.

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