Baked Whole Chicken With Herbs

34 Comments

8ED2A0AA-97E9-498F-B383-BBA440A789E2

Fresh Herbs (from my garden) stuffed into the cavity of the Chicken, butter & season the skin then bake in the oven for a delicious taste. Fixing a whole Chicken is so easy to prepare and yes that skin was crispy delicious! When I bake a Whole Chicken, I bake it breast side down. That way all the juices run into the white breast meat making it moist.

 

002D7E54-A689-43CE-BCF4-02B27CE39CB6

Ingredients

 

772DFFF7-F91F-4EDC-A4C0-F1E56870C123

Spray a baking dish with cooking oil.

 

FBBFBC91-8C35-4BD1-ADEF-B18DFEC4C49A

Rinse the chicken inside and out.

Remove any pin feathers and

giblets that are inside the cavity.

 

05350772-0D9D-4053-AD24-2806A504F69A

Using a paper towel, pat

the entire chicken dry.

 

DCBED412-6EB6-4990-B477-AB927B5645FF

Tie the fresh herbs together

with oven safe string.

 

E0A0C2D3-3F00-4A90-BB18-F71681AAD7CD

Fold the herbs in half at the string and

insert folded side into the chicken cavity.

 

83B8CC67-609B-4AFC-AE95-F50E77426651

Using oven safe string, tie the legs together.

 

A8D3A16C-5F10-4165-B8A3-054CCEDBD521

Pull a wing up toward the neck.

 

F1142B79-32B9-44F6-AEA4-6CCA3ADD97B4

Fold the wing tip down and toward the

body, tucking it under so it stays in place.

 

36769077-7E11-4A8E-B2BA-7E250B26A3A9

Brush half of the melted butter

onto one entire side of the chicken.

 

CFFAC326-F8C9-4560-8FBD-07A6E25C04BD

Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Do not skip or skimp on the salt.

Turn chicken over and repeat with

remainder of butter, salt and pepper.

Place the chicken breast side down

into the prepared baking dish.

Do not add any liquid to the dish.

 

9B2D7EF1-2F2D-4BF5-8951-497EF868C7D2

Bake uncovered in a preheated 425 degree

oven. Figure 20 minutes per pound of chicken

and until the thickest part of the breast is 165 degrees.

 

8ED2A0AA-97E9-498F-B383-BBA440A789E2

Place the chicken onto a cutting board, let

rest for 10 minutes then cut and serve.

The skin will be crispy and delicious!

 

Baked Whole Chicken With Herbs

http://www.InDianesKitchen.com

8ED2A0AA-97E9-498F-B383-BBA440A789E2

Ingredients

  • 1 whole 5-6 pound roasting chicken
  • 1/4 cup butter, half a stick
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • fresh herbs (I used lemon thyme, sage and chives)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. Spray a baking dish or pan (large enough to fit the chicken in) with cooking oil.
  3. Rinse the chicken inside and out removing any pin feathers and the giblets inside the cavity, if any.
  4. Using paper towels, pat the entire chicken dry.
  5. Using oven safe string, tie the fresh herbs together. Fold them in half at the string and insert them into the cavity of the chicken.
  6. Using oven safe string, tie the legs together at the end bone.
  7. Pull a wing up towards the head end of the chicken. Fold the tip of the wing down and toward the body, tucking it in so it stays in place. That way the wing stays close to the body and won’t be overcooked.
  8. Brush the entire breast half of the chicken with half of the melted butter. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Do not skimp or eliminate the salt. Place chicken breast side down into the prepared baking dish. Repeat butter, salt & pepper on the other side. I cook my chickens breast side down so the juices run into the breast and stay moist. Do not add any liquid to the baking dish.
  9. Bake uncovered for 20 minutes per pound of chicken and until the thickest part of the breast is 165 degrees.
  10. Place the chicken on a cutting board and let rest for 10 minutes.
  11. Cut and serve the chicken.

http://www.InDianesKitchen.com

 

Categories: Chicken, Fresh Herbs

34 Comments »

    • Exactly! That is the purpose of my recipes…to show how easy it is to prepare food and that they don’t have to feel intimidated by it. Thanks the pan was a gift from my mother in law! She spoils me….lol

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply

    • The herbs will be black when the chicken is done so throw them away…they did their job. Did you see I used chives? I expected somebody to say they are just for garnish (their not) so I will read more comments and see if anyone noticed. I also like to put a quartered lemon inside the cavity but since I used lemon thyme I decided not to. My husband isn’t a huge fan of lemon. Thanks!

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply
  11. Pingback: Baked Whole Chicken With Herbs — In Dianes Kitchen | My Meals are on Wheels

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.