Herbed Butter Whole Roasted Chicken
Every household needs a go-to chicken recipe! When you bring this chicken to the table with herbed butter infused underneath the skin, your family will think that a chef created it, and you ordered it in from a restaurant.
The secret is herbed butter is put underneath the skin before you put your chicken in the oven. The butter under the skin gives amazing flavour leaving your chicken very moist. Also, by patting the outside of the chicken dry, and rubbing it with olive oil, you will produce a succulent and crispy skin.
Adding onion and lemon to the inside of the chicken also increases the moisture throughout the chicken. As the onions and lemon heat, they release their juices in the chicken, which in turn, steams the chicken from the inside and creates a moisture-laden chicken.
Ingredients
- 1 Whole Chicken,
- 2 Tbsp Herbed Butter (See Other Recipe),
- 30 ml Olive Oil,
- Half an Onion,
- Half a Lemon,
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 375°F.
- Rinse Chicken under cool water and pat dry.
- Lift up skin from the breasts and add a tablespoon of the herbed butter onto the breasts, and under the skin.
- Spread butter evenly over the breast, and lay skin back over the top of the breasts.
- Cut the onion and lemon into quarters and place them in the chicken.
- Rub the outside of the whole chicken with olive oil.
- Season with Salt and Pepper.
- Put in oven and cook for 1 hour or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F
- Serve, Eat Well, and Be Happy
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