Perfect Roast Chicken


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With Ina Gartens Perfect Roast Chicken recipe, you can make chicken that is juicy, flavorful, and has crispy skin. This classic dish is simple but classy, and its great for a family dinner or having people over.

Ingredients:
  • 1 4 to 5 pounds whole chicken
  • Kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 large bunch fresh thyme
  • 1 lemon, halved
  • 1 head garlic, cut in half crosswise
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 large yellow onion, thickly sliced
  • 4 carrots cut into 2-inch chunks
  • 1 bulb of fennel, tops removed, and cut into wedges
  • Olive oil

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 425F

Remove the chicken giblets

Rinse the chicken inside and out

Remove any excess fat and leftover pinfeathers and pat the outside dry

Liberally salt and pepper the inside of the chicken

Stuff the cavity with the bunch of thyme, both halves of lemon, and all the garlic

Brush the outside of the chicken with the butter and sprinkle again with salt and pepper

Tie the legs together with kitchen string and tuck the wing tips under the body of the chicken

Place the onions, carrots, and fennel in a roasting pan

Toss with salt, pepper, olive oil, and spread around the bottom of the roasting pan

Place the chicken on top of the vegetables

Roast the chicken for 1 1/2 hours, or until the juices run clear when you cut between a leg and thigh

Remove the chicken and vegetables to a platter and cover with aluminum foil for about 20 minutes

Slice the chicken onto a platter and serve it with the vegetables


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