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The BEST Roasted Chicken

Create a homemade roasted chicken from scratch!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time2 hours
Total Time2 hours 20 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: dinner, homemade, Quick, weeknight, Winter
Servings: 4 people
Author: Sarah

Ingredients

  • 1 Whole roaster chicken giblets removed
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 onion
  • 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp garlic powder
  • 2 Tbsp salt
  • 1 Tbsp pepper

Instructions

  • Wash chicken and remove bag of gizzards and set aside. Pat dry chicken with paper towels.
  • Preheat oven to 400° F
  • Place chicken in baking dish
  • Cut slits in chicken skin all over. Slice skin enough to be able to place pats of butter underneath.
  • Cut up butter into slices, and place under chicken skin.
  • Sprinkle 2 TBSP of olive oil all over the outside of the chicken.
  • Season chicken, inside and outside with Salt, pepper, garlic powder and italian seasoning.
  • Rub chicken with hands to mix all the spices in.
  • Cut 1 onion in slices and spread evenly in bottom of baking dish and inside of chicken cavity.
  • Add water to bottom of baking dish.
  • Add baking dish to oven once ready, and baste chicken every 30 minutes with juices from bottom of baking pan.
  • After 1 hour and 40minutes, increase temperature to 425°F for 30 minutes (or until internal temperature reaches 165°F)
  • Remove chicken from oven, and place baking dish ontop of stove for 10 minutes to rest before slicing.

Notes

In need of a quick gravy to go with the chicken?

 
To make gravy, use the chicken drippings.
  1. Pour drippings from baking dish into a measuring cup and let the fat settle. (after chicken is removed) 
  2. Take 1/4 cup of the fat and put it into a saucepan
  3. Add 1/4 cup flour and mix with a whisk to make a roux (until all the liquid is soaked up)
  4. Ladel out the rest of the fat in your drippings into another container.
  5. Add enough water or chicken stock to make 2 cups of total drippings. (you can add 1 bouillon cube if you do not have enough stock)
  6. Add mixture to sauce pan and mix with whisk until thickened.
  7. Season with salt and pepper.