Simple Roast Chicken

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Simple Roast Chicken a try. This recipe serves 4 and costs $2.76 per serving. One serving contains 990 calories, 47g of protein, and 64g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. If you have chicken, butter, garlic, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 2 people have made this recipe and would make it again. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. It is brought to you by Foodista. With a spoonacular score of 80%, this dish is outstanding. Users who liked this recipe also liked Simple Roast Chicken, The Best Simple Roast Chicken, and THE BEST Simple Roast Chicken.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: -1 minutes

Cooking duration: -1 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 large chicken (about 1.2kg)

1/2 stick of butter, softened

5 cloves of garlic, chopped finely

Rind of two lemons

1 teaspoon chilli flakes

salt and pepper

1/2 lemon

4 Yukon Gold potatoes, sliced thickly into rounds

2 sweet potatoes, sliced into rounds

pinch of chilli flakes

olive oil

Equipment:

baking pan

oven

Cooking instruction summary:

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. 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. 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. Place a rack over the vegetables. Position the chicken breast side up on the rack. Bake for the first 15 minutes at 400F. Then drop the temperature and continue to cook for about an hour at 300F. Halfway through cooking turn the chicken on its breast. Spoon over some of the juices. 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. Serve chicken on a platter on the bed of roasted potatoes.

 

Step by step:


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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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


Nutrition Information:

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989 Calories
47g Protein
64g Total Fat
55g Carbs
35% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
989k
49%

Fat
64g
99%

  Saturated Fat
22g
138%

Carbohydrates
55g
18%

  Sugar
6g
7%

Cholesterol
198mg
66%

Sodium
524mg
23%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
47g
94%

Vitamin A
16748IU
335%

Vitamin B3
15mg
80%

Vitamin B6
1mg
79%

Vitamin C
46mg
57%

Phosphorus
508mg
51%

Selenium
35µg
51%

Potassium
1645mg
47%

Zinc
6mg
42%

Vitamin B12
2µg
38%

Manganese
0.66mg
33%

Vitamin B5
3mg
32%

Fiber
7g
31%

Iron
5mg
29%

Magnesium
113mg
28%

Vitamin B2
0.44mg
26%

Copper
0.5mg
25%

Vitamin E
3mg
24%

Vitamin B1
0.36mg
24%

Vitamin K
18µg
18%

Folate
56µg
14%

Calcium
101mg
10%

Vitamin D
0.37µg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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