4.6 from 10 votes
The Best Easy Roast Chicken
Delicious moist roast chicken is covered in herb infused butter on a delicious bed of roast vegetables.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 40 mins
Servings:
6
Calories:
171 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 chicken roaster
- ½ cup butter softened
- 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning herb blend
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 lemon sliced
- 1 garlic head
- 1 onion
- 3 carrot
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Remove your chicken from the packaging and wash thoroughly with cold water.
- Optional: brine chicken at this point for a day ahead of time for the best flavor.
- Remove the giblets from your chicken. Trim and excess fat and pat the chicken dry with paper towels.
- Place one quartered onion, half the garlic, and the lemon slices in the cavity of the chicken.
- Take softened butter and combine with the Italian Herb Seasoning, then rub the mixture liberally under the skin of the chicken on the breasts.
- Liberally season the outside of the chicken with salt and pepper. Truss chicken with bakers twine (tie legs together), if desired.
- In a roasting pan, add the remaining garlic and onions and the chopped carrots, seasoning with salt and pepper.
- Place the seasoned chicken on top of the vegetables in the roasting pan and place in a 400oF oven.
- Roast for and hour and a half, or until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165oF and the skin is crispy and golden brown. Baste frequently as it cooks (optional, for more flavor and golden skin) if desired.
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Notes
- If chicken skin is getting too brown in one spot, you can cover that part with foil. Skin will look dark brown - that does not indicate burning unless it is black and smells acrid - it is just a dark caramel color!
Nutrition Information
Serving
1g
Calories
171kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
1g
(0%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
17g
(26%)
Saturated Fat
10g
(50%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
6g
(35%)
Trans Fat
1g
(50%)
Cholesterol
54mg
(18%)
Sodium
183mg
(8%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 171
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 171kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 17g | 26% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 6g | 35% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 54mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 183mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.