Mom's Foolproof Butter-roast Chicken
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
directions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Pat dry the chicken and rub the inside with half of the lemon; squeeze the juice inside also and place in chicken cavity.
- Season cavity with salt and pepper.
- Rub outside of chicken with butter, season to taste with salt and pepper, and truss chicken.
- Place chicken breast up on a rack in a roasting pan in the center of the oven.
- Roast about one hour or until chicken juices run clear, or until thickest part of the thigh registers 185 degrees F on a meat thermometer.
- Remove chicken from oven and let stand 10 minutes before carving (for juicier meat).
- Note: At no time during roasting is basting required.
- Leave the oven door closed.
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Reviews
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This technique IS great. I use it often. If the chicken is larger than 4 pounds, I do it at 400° for the first hour then 375° to finish cooking (so the skin is perfectly browned). It really doesn't need to be basted at all. I use a mixture of butter and olive oil (2 tablespoons each or more) and put some between the skin and the breast. Excellent!!!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
EdsGirlAngie
LaSalle County, Illinois