Simple Whole Roasted Chicken:
*Preheat your oven to 500 degrees.
*Take your fully defrosted whole chicken out of the refrigerator and place it in a baking pan or casserole dish.
*Make your dry rub. This is the fun part! Ready? Take a bunch of spices and herbs out of your cabinet. Whatever sounds good that you would like on your chicken, or something unusual that you might think would taste good.
Here's what I used:
Salt.
Pepper.
Lemon Pepper.
Thyme.
Paprika.
Rosemary.
Adobe.
Onion Powder.
Fresh parsley.
Sweet Basil.
Cinnamon.
Some Mint.
Little bit of Sugar, not too much.
Sounds strange, but tastes good!
Now if you don't like that idea or just don't trust yourself, just use one of the two combinations below:
Salt.
Pepper.
Paprika.
Thyme.
Rosemary.
Other herbs you like, fresh or dry.
Or:
Cinnamon.
Allspice.
Nutmeg.
Ground Cloves.
Sugar.
*Now combine all these herbs and spices in a bowl. But how much of each herb or spice should I use? Just eyeball it! You can't really mess it up.
However, if you decide to use the third spice option with cinnamon, allspice, etc. I would recommend being careful with the ground cloves, they can be a little strong! =)
*Rub your dry rub all over your chicken! Inside and out!
*Take 1/2 of an onion cut in to four pieces, 1 clove of garlic per chicken (or use garlic powder in the rub), and about a tablespoon of butter and place them in the cavity of your chicken! This is for flavor. Oh, and put a few little pieces of butter on top of your chicken aswell.
If you want to let your chicken set in the refrigerator for 1/2 hour to an hour before you cook it, you can.
*Put your chicken in the oven. Cook it for 15 minutes at 500 degrees. Then reduce the heat to 350 degrees for another 45 minutes to an hour or so, and if the meat on your legs isn't pink, then it's done. If you want to 350 degrees for an hour and 1/2 to two hours works pretty well also.
*Prepare the sides of your choosing and enjoy.
I really hope if you try this recipe that you enjoy it because the chicken was really moist, juicy and delicious!
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