Easiest Way to Prepare Quick How to roast a chicken

How to roast a chicken.

Hello everybody, it's Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, how to roast a chicken. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

How to roast a chicken is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It's simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They're nice and they look fantastic. How to roast a chicken is something that I've loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook how to roast a chicken using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make How to roast a chicken:

1. {Make ready of chicken 1.6 or 1.8 kg free range , at room temperature.
2. {Prepare of onion brown , peeled and halved.
3. {Take of lemon ripe , halved.
4. {Prepare of garlic , crushed with the flat of a chef's knife and peeled.
5. {Prepare of butter , softened.
6. {Get of extra virgin olive oil.
7. {Take of parsley rosemary oregano thyme fresh herbs - choose from , , ,.
8. {Get of salt pepper and.

Steps to make How to roast a chicken:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°..
2. Place the chicken breast side-down in a high-sided roasting dish - go for tightly-fitting if you are not roasting vegetables alongside, but if you are, the smallest that can fit your chook and your veges..
3. Stuff the cavity (ewwwww) with the 2 onion halves, the lemon halves, and the garlic cloves..
4. Put half the fresh herbs in the cavity as well..
5. Rub the chicken with the softened butter, season well, then drizzle with olive oil, and place the remaining fresh herbs on top..
6. Roast for 1 1/2 hours, until the juices by where the leg joins the body run clear..
7. Once cooked, remove from oven, and rest for 15 minutes on wooden board, tented with foil..
8. Carve, and serve with gravy..
9. We usually have this either of two ways - with roast potatoes, pumpkin, kumara, parsnip, served with gravy & green beans or broccoli OR with rolls, slaw, and gravy. Sometimes, in the summer, it is served with a green salad, new potatoes, and aioli. Served with rolls and slaw, it is easily simpler and faster than any fast food you can imagine, as long as you have the time to put the chicken in the oven..

So that is going to wrap this up with this special food how to roast a chicken recipe. Thank you very much for reading. I am sure that you will make this at home. There's gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page on your browser, and share it to your loved ones, friends and colleague. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!