Onion Stuffed Roast Chicken With Potatoes

Submitted by A Messy Cook

"Roast chicken is great, because not only do you have one meal right there, you get to use the leftover meat for sandwiches, taco salad, soup, stir-fry, casseroles, etc...not to mention homemade chicken stock! This is a moist and simple way to prepare a roast chicken. It's even better when you add some garlic to the thyme butter!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 55mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 1 chicken

ingredients

• 4 ounces unsalted butter, softened
• 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves or 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 3 1⁄2 lbs whole chickens
• 6 medium potatoes, scrubbed & quartered

directions

1. In a skillet, melt 1 T butter over medium heat.
2. Add onion, 1/4 teaspoon salt and a pinch each of pepper and thyme; saute until onion is light brown (about 10 minutes), then remove from the skillet and let cool to room temperature.
3. In small bowl combine remaining 7 tablespoons of butter, 1/4 teaspoon salt, a pinch of pepper, and remaining thyme.
4. Using your fingers, gently loosen the breast, thigh and leg skin of the chicken: place in baking dish.
5. Rub 4 tablespoons thyme butter under the skin and stuff the cavity with browned onion.
6. Seal the cavity, rub skin with 1 tablespoon thyme butter, and arrange potatoes around chicken.
7. Bake chicken at 400 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until juices run clear when the thigh is pierced.

Reviews

[Chef Jodi Town]

This was the best roast chicken that's ever come out of my kitchen. I roasted a 5.5 lb chicken (wanted leftovers for later in the week) and cooked for 2 hours at 400. I also added quarted red potatoes and large chunk carrots after the first hour. The chicken was moist and flavorful, and the veggies were cooked perfectly. Thanks for a wonderful recipe. This is a keeper!

 

[Tarstar]

yummy and easy. I roasted mine with some carrots along with the potatoes. Terrific recipe. Thanks

 

[Bergy]

This is a wonderful recipe - The chicken is moist and flavorful. The potatoes are golden and Mmmm so good Thanks for posting this do again recipe Messy Cook

 

[AzureLynn]

This is a very moist easy recipe. My family loved it, well, what was left of it after I had my share. I had some birds that needed prepared, and this recipe came first. My 11 yr old, who's picky, said I had to make it more often. Very good recipe! Thankyou!

 

[Toby Jermain]

We tried this last night for dinner, and it was very good. Not being one who can leave well enough alone, I brined the chicken first and added some pressed garlic and fresh dill to the herb-butter and added some large fresh mushrooms and baby carrots to the bottom of the pan and basted both the chicken and the veggies with the pan juices every 15-20 minutes while roasting.