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Roast Chicken

Teresa Ambra
Roast Chicken is such an easy and delicious meat entree for weeknight meals. This succulent baked chicken recipe uses several different herbs infusing flavor into the chicken under the skin and in the cavity. Carve down in pieces or like a turkey. This scrumptious chicken recipe is gluten free.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Course Chicken Main Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories 443 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 large roaster pan
  • 1 sharp knife to mince herbs and chop vegetables
  • 1 coffee filter or cheesecloth, to put the herbs in while roasting the chicken
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 pastry brush

Ingredients
  

  • 3 lb. roasting chicken
  • 2 tsp. minced garlic
  • 2 tsp. fresh rosemary
  • 2 tsp. fresh sage chopped
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 coffee filter
  • 3 large cloves garlic sliced
  • 2 tbsp. fresh rosemary
  • 2 tbsp. fresh sage chopped
  • 2 tbsp. fresh thyme leaves
  • 1 medium onion quartered
  • 2-3 tbsp. olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Gently use your fingers to pull the skin away from the breasts and down to the thighs.
  • Be careful not to tear the skin.
  • Make a paste of finely minced garlic, rosemary, sage, and olive oil.
  • Spread the paste under the skin.
  • Fill a coffee filter (or cheesecloth) with 3 cloves garlic, 2 tbsp. rosemary, 2 tbsp. sage, and 2 tbsp. thyme, and 2 quarters of the onion.
  • Place mixture in the cavity.
  • Tie off the legs, place in the roaster and brush the bird with additional olive oil.
  • Tuck in the wing tips so they don’t burn.
  • Place remaining half of the onion in bottom of the pan.
  • Roast for 15 minutes at 450° degrees, lower the heat to 375°.
  • Cover, roast for an hour or so before removing lid.
  • Baste and continue roasting until internal temperature is at least 165-170°.
  • Baste with more olive oil once or twice during cooking time.
  • Remove and discard the coffee filter or cheesecloth with spices and the onions from bottom of the pan.
  • Slice and serve.

Notes

Recipe adapted from What's 4 Dinner Solutions?
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 443kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 30gFat: 33gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 146mgSodium: 124mgPotassium: 427mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 1754IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 68mgIron: 4mg
Keyword chicken, gluten free, main dish, roast chicken
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