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easy roast chicken

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Linda Johnston
Madison Heights, MI

I just picked up 1001 Short,Easy, Inexpensive Recipes today and put it to use for dinner tonight. Easy and very moist. I made it with a whole split chicken and in a 9x13-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.

(1 rating)
yield 6 serving(s)
prep time 10 Min
cook time 1 Hr 15 Min

Ingredients For easy roast chicken

  • 2 1/2 lb
    whole chicken
  • 1
    onion, peeled
  • 5 Tbsp
    butter, melted

How To Make easy roast chicken

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350' (175'C). Rinse chicken inside and out with cool water and dry with paper towels.
  • 2
    Place peeled onion inside chicken cavity and brush butter over chicken. Tie legs together and place in foil-lined broiler pan. Roast chicken for 20 minutes per pound. Baste often with additional butter.
  • 3
    Chicken is done when juices run clear.

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