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The BEST Roasted Chicken

Enjoy this juicy, roasted chicken recipe that will check off all your comfort food needs!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Resting time 10 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 35 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people
Calories 335 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 whole roaster chicken giblets removed
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 onion
  • 1 TBSP Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 TBSP olive oil
  • 1 TBSP garlic powder
  • 2 TBSP salt
  • 1 TBSP pepper

Instructions
 

  • Wash chicken and remove bag of gizzards and set aside. Pat dry chicken with paper towels.
  • Place chicken in baking dish.  Pre heat oven to 350° F
  • Cut slits in chicken skin all over
  • Cut up butter and place butter under skin
  • Sprinkle 2 TBSP oil all over outside of chicken
  • Season chicken INSIDE and OUTSIDE with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning
  • Rub chicken with hands and massage all the spices in
  • Cut onion loosely ( small or big slices of onion your choice!) and spread out evenly in bottom of baking dish and inside of chicken
  • Add water to bottom of the baking dish
  •  Baste chicken with juices from bottom of dish every 30 mins
  • After 1 hour and 40 mins, increase temperature to 400°F for 30 mins. (or until temperature reaches 165 ° F)
  • Let chicken rest for 10 minutes before slicing.

Notes

  • To make gravy from chicken drippings

    1. pour drippings into a measuring cup and let the fat settle.
    2. Take 1/4 cup of fat and put into a saucepan
    3. Add 1/4 cup flour and mix it up until you make a roux (all the liquid is soaked up)
    4. Ladle out the rest of the fat in your drippings
    5. Add enough water or chicken stock to make 2 cups of drippings 
    6. (You can also add 1 bouillon cube if you do not have stock)
    7. Add mixture to sauce pan and mix with whisk until thickened
    8. season with salt and pepper