E-Z Roast Chicken

"A beginner's recipe."
 
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Ready In:
3hrs 10mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
5
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 325°F.
  • Remove giblets/neck from chicken cavities.
  • Rinse chicken and pat dry.
  • Rub softened butter all over chicken.
  • Sprinkle outside of chicken with salt and pepper.
  • Sprinkle 1/4 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp of sage inside the chicken.
  • Place onion inside chicken.
  • Place chicken in roasting pan breast side up.
  • Add 1/2 cup water to pan.
  • Loosely tent breast with aluminum foil.
  • Cook for 25 minutes per pound.
  • (3 lbs= approx 1 1/2 hours; 5 lbs= approx 2 1/2 hours).
  • Remove chicken to a warm platter and let rest for 15 min to distribute the juices.

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  1. This was fantastic! I had never roasted a chicken before, and this was really can't-go-wrong...sooooo moist and tasty!! I threw a couple of potatoes in the pot to soak up the butter and juices, and that saved having to make rice...the potatoes also soaked up the sage flavour. Very good. I always thought it would be hard to roast a chicken, but this was easy and fast! Thanx ever so much :)
     
  2. This was sooo easy! Having never roasted a chicken before I was a little worried about how this would turn out, but it was super! I used Thyme instead of sage, and it was so good. I had guests over and they loved it too. Said the chicken had nice flavor. THANKS!
     
  3. This is a great recipe! Dh and I both loved it, delicious! Thank you for sharing!
     
  4. I am the beginner for who this recipe is made for. I had excellent results using this recipe on a 7 lb. chicken. I had no sage so I used rosemary. I also put some of the butter underneath the breast skin and basted the chicken 3 times during cooking. The chicken was beautiful when done and very tasty. Thanks for this recipe.
     
  5. I haven't made a roast chicken since I lost my favorite recipe (in a much-mourned crash of my recipe program). I decided to give this one a shot. Although it isn't exactly the same (the other was a high-heat technique), it smelled lovely cooking, was moist and flavorful, and the leftovers were good, too. What more could you ask for in a roast chicken?
     
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  1. This was sooo easy! Having never roasted a chicken before I was a little worried about how this would turn out, but it was super! I used Thyme instead of sage, and it was so good. I had guests over and they loved it too. Said the chicken had nice flavor. THANKS!
     

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