easy roasted chicken

Name: Easy Roasted Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 pound(s) whole chicken (remove giblets); 1/2 cup(s) butter, divided; 2 stalk(s) celery; 1 tablespoon(s) onion powder; - salt and pepper, to taste

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Teresa Jacobson

New Orleans, LA

Updated on Jul 17, 2013

This is my "go to" recipe for roasting a chicken. It's so easy and it turns out moist and flavorful every time.

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 1 Hr 30 Min

method Bake

yield 6 serving(s)

Ingredients

3 pounds whole chicken (remove giblets)
1/2 cup butter, divided
2 stalks celery
1 tablespoon onion powder
- salt and pepper, to taste

How To Make easy roasted chicken

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Rinse chicken inside and out; place in a roasting pan (or line a 13x9 cake pan with foil.)

Step 2

Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper inside and out. Remove leaves from celery, cut stalks into smaller pieces and stuff into cavity.
Step 3

In a small dish, combine onion powder and butter. Place about 2 T. into cavity. Place a couple tablespoons under the skin over breast meat. Spread the remaining butter over the skin.
Step 4

Bake uncovered for about 1 1/2 hours or until internal temperature reaches 180 degrees F. Remove from oven and baste with drippings, then cover with foil and allow to rest for about 40 minutes. Serve.
Step 5

Nutritional Info: per serving Calories: 430 Total Fat: 26.6g/ Sat Fat: 12.8g Cholesterol: 175mg Sodium: 256mg Total Carbs: 1.9g/ Sugars: 0.8g Protein: 44.3g
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