Favorite recipe for roasting a chicken? page 2

[Leida]

My Favorite Simple Roast Chicken Recipe at Epicurious.com

Most of the time I don't even bother with the mustard & butter sauce... just fast high dry roasting makes it wonderfully moist.

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This recipe is a testimony to simple being the absolute best. I used to stuff lemon or orange into the cavity, but it is much better without!

I never make sauce either, the chicken turns out absolutely stunning, my family just rips it apart, including my 5.5 yo daughter. And the skin is sinful.

[Emseven]

This is my favourite way to BBQ -- it would work in a really hot oven, too (just put a tray underneath to catch drips). I always baste the skin in olive oil and sprinkle liberally with pepper and kosher salt. So good. Great, now I'm craving roast chicken.

Michael Smith' s Beer Can Chicken

[primalswan]

So I ended up using the dry roast method because I had to get it in the oven. I patted it dry,luckily it was air chilled so not wet at all. Then I reigned down on it with salt. Roasted it at 375 for about 75 minutes. Bam. Best chicken ever.

[something4me]

I love to roast vegetables at the same time the chicken is roasting seasoned with salt and pepper. The roast in the chicken fat and taste amazing.

[Cumin]

Combine some softened butter with a clove of crushed garlic and a handful of chopped fresh french tarragon. Push most of the butter under the skin of the chicken right over the breast area. Rub any extra over the outside then roast. Yum!

[jammies]

If you are willing to trade the crispy skin for amazing meat flavor I use a recipe similar to this one - except I use tarragon instead of rosemary and I usually skip the lemon. I also skip the browning step.

Bella Lately: French Chicken in a Pot

The skin is not crispy, but the meat is so tender, juicy, and amazing that it made me realize I had never eaten good chicken in my whole life until then.

But I'm going to try the quick roasted recipe next time!

[Bekki]

I like to put some onions and sweet potatoes in the roasting pan (coat with a little olive oil). Sooo yummy!