roasted chicken
I grow chickens on my farm (in small batches) and decided to roast one tonite. This is the first time I tried this with one of my own birds. Usually I make soup, stew or stock.
prep time
30 Min
cook time
2 Hr
method
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yield
6 +
Ingredients
- 6-8 pounds whole chicken
- - fresh ground pepper
- - ground sage
- - coarse sea salt
- - basil, dried
- - ground cumin
- - chili powder
- - quartered potatoes
- - quartered onions
- - peeled and quartered carrots
- - mushrooms
- - garlic cloves
- - water and olive oil
How To Make roasted chicken
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Step 1Rinse the chicken and set it on a rack in a roasting pan that has been sprayed with oil. Rub the chicken all over with olive oil.
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Step 2Sprinkle chicken with spices. Us your own judgement as to quantities.
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Step 3Add vegetables around the chicken. Put a potato and an onion inside the cavity to absorb off flavors.
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Step 4Pour a bit of olive oil over the vegetables and add more seasoning to them as you wish.
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Step 5Pour a pint or so of water to cover the bottom of your roasting pan. Put the cover on and roast in an oven at 350F for an hour.
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Step 6Check the temperature in the thigh after an hour. Mine was about 150F so I uncovered and baked an additional hour to crisp skin and finish cooking the veggies.
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Step 7When the temperature reached 160F I took the roasting pan out and basted the chicken and veggies with the juice. I recovered it and let it rest for a bout 10 minutes before carving. DELICIOUS!
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