Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, roast chicken. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Roast Chicken is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Roast Chicken is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook roast chicken using 8 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Roast Chicken:
- Make ready 4 Pounds Whole Chicken
- Make ready 2 Yellow Onions
- Get 2 Carrots
- Prepare 1 Tablespoon Butter
- Take To Taste Kosher Salt
- Make ready To Taste Black Pepper , freshly ground
- Prepare 2 Cups Chicken Stock
- Get 1 Tablespoon Butter
Instructions to make Roast Chicken:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Leave one tablespoon of butter out until it reaches room temperature (it should be soft and spreadable)
- Tie the chicken legs together with cooking twine. This will ensure that it retains its shape while baking.
- Spread the butter all over the chicken on both sides. Make sure to get some in between the wings.
- Generously sprinkle salt and pepper over the entire chicken on both sides.
- Cut each onion in half. Lift up the chicken in the pan and place each of the four pieces under the chicken (two across, two down). This will allow the bottom of the chicken to get crispy while cooking.
- Place in the oven and cook for 35 minutes.
- Peel and cut the carrots into 2 - 3 inch pieces. At the 35 minute mark, quickly open the oven and spread the carrots around in the pan. Then let the chicken continue to cook for another 35 minutes.
- Remove the chicken from the oven, transfer to a large plate, and allow to rest for about 10 minutes.
- While the chicken is resting, begin preparing the gravy in the pan that the chicken was roasting in. Place the pan over high heat and pour in the chicken stock. Bring to a boil. Make sure to get the scrapings off of the bottom of the pan.
- Reduce the heat to low. Add the other tablespoon of butter. Stir. Let simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Pour the gravy into a serving container. Carve the chicken and serve (White rice optional) :)
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