Perfect Roast Chicken
- Ready In:
- 21mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 2267.96-2721.55 g roasting chickens
- kosher salt
- fresh ground black pepper
- 1 bunch fresh thyme, plus
- 20 sprig fresh thyme
- 1 lemon, halved
- 1 head garlic, cut in half crosswise
- 29.58 ml butter, melted
- 1 large yellow onion, thickly sliced
- 4 carrots, cut into 2-inch chunks
- 1 fennel bulb, tops removed, and cut into wedges
- olive oil
directions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Remove the chicken giblets.
- Rinse the chicken inside and out.
- Remove any excess fat and leftover pin feathers and pat the outside dry.
- Liberally salt and pepper the inside of the chicken.
- Stuff the cavity with the bunch of thyme, both halves of lemon, and all the garlic.
- Brush the outside of the chicken with the butter and sprinkle again with salt and pepper.
- Tie the legs together with kitchen string and tuck the wing tips under the body of the chicken.
- Place the onions, carrots, and fennel in a roasting pan.
- Toss with salt, pepper, 20 sprigs of thyme, and olive oil.
- Spread around the bottom of the roasting pan and place the chicken on top.
- Roast the chicken for 1 1/2 hours, or until the juices run clear when you cut between a leg and thigh.
- Remove the chicken and vegetables to a platter and cover with aluminum foil for about 20 minutes.
- Slice the chicken onto a platter and serve it with the vegetables.
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Reviews
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This was unbelievably delicious! I made a couple of substitutions, but it didn't change the final product. When I went to the grocery store they didn't have any fresh thyme so I got one of those poultry packs that includes fresh rosemary, sage and thyme. Also, they didn't have any fennel bulbs so I got leeks. I used leeks, carrots and fingerling potatoes. The veggies were all caramelized and SO GOOD! The leeks were so sweet and the carrots were out of this world! My DH and I both wished there were double the number of carrots. The chicken was so juicy and flavorful and the skin was brown and crispy. We just can't say enough about how good it was. This one's a keeper!
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