Basic Roasted Chicken
- Ready In:
- 1hr 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
4-6 cups
- Serves:
- 4-6
ingredients
- 1 (4 -6 lb) whole free-range chicken
- 1 small lemon
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed
- 1 tablespoon sea salt
- 2 teaspoons cracked black pepper
- 1 teaspoon organic canola oil or 1 teaspoon melted butter
- 1 yellow onion, sliced (medium)
directions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Allow chicken to come to room temperature.
- Rinse chicken inside and out, removing giblets (set aside for stock later).
- Pat dry with paper towels, tie wing tips together with twine.
- Layer onions in the bottom of shallow roasting pan.
- Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper inside and out.
- Stuff lemon and garlic inside the cavity.
- Massage canola oil or butter on top of chicken.
- Roast in middle rack of oven 75-90 mins, until golden brown and internal temp is 180 or above.
- Let rest for 30 mins before cutting into.
- Shred meat with 2 forks and set aside.
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