DIY Roast Chicken

I decided to try my hand at cooking a traditional holiday meal from scratch – with a DIY roast chicken, homemade stuffing and mashed potatoes, steamed green beans, the whole bit. I cooked so much food that it lasted us for 5 separate meals of deliciousness.

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Ingredients

1 tbsp each rosemary, oregano, thyme, garlic powder, salt
1 whole chicken (~5 lbs)
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, quartered
Salt and pepper to taste

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Directions

Rinse the chicken under the tap and pat it dry with a paper towel. Coat the chicken with the olive oil, inside and out. Mix the garlic powder, herbs, and salt in a small bowl, then rub the herb mixture over the whole chicken. Stuff any stuffing you like into the chicken cavity.

Put the onion and chicken in a baking dish, breast-side down. Cover with a lid or an inverted baking dish on top, and roast for 45 minutes at 350F. Then increase the temperature to 400F, remove the lid, and roast for 20 minutes more. Flip the chicken breast-side up and roast until the thickest part of the thigh reaches 165F, about 30 minutes more.

Remove the chicken from the oven, cut off slices of meat, and serve with stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and green beans. Then take a nice nap. 🙂