Simple Roast Chicken

Simple Roast Chicken

  Ready in : 45 mins

Simple Roast Chicken is a gluten free recipe with 4 servings. For $2.76 per serving, this recipe covers 37% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 47g of protein, 64g of fat, and a total of 990 calories. It works well as a rather cheap main course. 2 people were glad they tried this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. It is brought to you by Foodista. Head to the store and pick up chicken, butter, lemon, and a few other things to make it today. Overall, this recipe earns a solid spoonacular score of 69%.

Ingredients

chicken

chicken

1.2 kg

butter

butter

0.5 stick

garlic

garlic

5 cloves

rind of two lemons

rind of two lemons

4 servings

chilli flakes

chilli flakes

1 teaspoon

salt and pepper

salt and pepper

4 servings

lemon

lemon

0.5

yukon gold potatoes

yukon gold potatoes

4

sweet potatoes

sweet potatoes

2

chilli flakes

chilli flakes

1 pinch

olive oil

olive oil

4 servings

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Wash the chicken inside and out and pat dry. Make sure the skin is nice and dry so the skin gets crispy. Season well with salt and pepper inside, out and under the skin.

    salt and pepper

    salt and pepper

    whole chicken

    whole chicken

  2. 2
    Mix the butter with the garlic, chilli and lemon rind. Season a bit with salt and pepper. Stuff the flavoured butter under the skin over the breast, legs and back. Stuff the lemon half into the cavity.

    flavored butter

    flavored butter

    salt and pepper

    salt and pepper

    lemon peel

    lemon peel

    butter

    butter

    chili pepper

    chili pepper

    garlic

    garlic

    lemon

    lemon

  3. 3
    Pre-heat the oven to 400F. Toss the two kinds of potatoes in the bottom the the baking pan with the chilli, salt and pepper to taste and a generous helping of olive oil.

    salt and pepper

    salt and pepper

    olive oil

    olive oil

    potato

    potato

    chili pepper

    chili pepper

    baking pan
    baking pan
    oven
    oven
  4. 4
    Place a rack over the vegetables. Position the chicken breast side up on the rack.

    chicken breast

    chicken breast

    vegetable

    vegetable

  5. 5
    Bake for the first 15 minutes at 400F. Then drop the temperature and continue to cook for about an hour at 300F.

    oven
    oven
  6. 6
    Halfway through cooking turn the chicken on its breast. Spoon over some of the juices.

    whole chicken

    whole chicken

  7. 7
    Later, to check for doneness, pierce the thickest part of the chicken (the thigh). If the juices run clear the chicken is ready, if not continue cooking.

    whole chicken

    whole chicken

  8. 8
    Serve chicken on a platter on the bed of roasted potatoes.

    roast potato

    roast potato

    whole chicken

    whole chicken