Roast Chicken For Les Paresseux Recipes

PERFECT ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Remove the chicken giblets. Rinse the chicken inside and out. Remove any excess fat and leftover pin feathers 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, 20 sprigs of thyme, and olive oil. Spread around the bottom of the roasting pan and place the chicken on top.
• 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.

ROAST CHICKEN FOR LES PARESSEUX

Steps:

• Center a rack in the oven; preheat to 450°.
• Rub the inside of a Dutch oven or other large high-sided casserole with oil and place the bread in the.
• center of the pot.
• Season the chicken inside and out with salt and pepper.
• Put half a sprig of each herb and half of the garlic inside the cavity.
• Put the chicken in the pot, resting it on the bread.
• Put the other garlic half in the pot, along with the remaining herbs, and pour in a few tablespoons of oil and the wine.
• Slide the pot into the oven.
• Roast chicken for 45 minutes.
• Toss the potatoes, carrots, and shallots with enough olive oil to give them a shine, season generously with salt and pepper and scatter them around the chicken.
• Roast the chicken undisturbed for about 45 minutes more, a total of about 90 minutes or until the skin is crackly and crisp and the juices run clear when you pierce the thickest part of the thigh with the top of a knife.
• Remove the chicken from the oven.
• Leave the chicken in the pot for 5-10 minutes to rest.
• Transfer chicken and vegetables to platter; carve and serve.

PERFECT ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Rinse and pat chicken thoroughly dry with paper towels. Mix margarine, garlic salt, black pepper, thyme, parsley, and rosemary in a bowl and rub the outside of the chicken thoroughly with the margarine mixture. Place any remaining margarine mixture into the cavity of the chicken. Place chicken into a glass baking dish.
• Bake chicken in the preheated oven until browned and the juices run clear, about 2 hours. An instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a thigh, not touching bone, should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

THE BEST ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Mix butter, garlic, thyme, rosemary, lemon zest, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper together in a bowl.
• Loosen skin on chicken breast; rub butter mixture between skin and breast meat. Press on the skin to distribute evenly. Rub oil, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper all over; place lemon halves inside cavity. Set in a baking pan.
• Roast in the preheated oven, basting after 30 minutes, until chicken is no longer pink, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Let rest before carving, about 15 minutes.