Juicy Roasted Chicken

Roasted chicken never fails to impress, but it's surprisingly simple to make! This juicy roasted chicken recipe is perfect for beginner cooks and old pros alike.

Recipe by Robin Rocking Bird | Published November 6, 2023

  • Prep Time

    15 mins

  • Cook Time

    1 hr 15 mins

  • Total Time

    1 hr 30 mins

  • Servings

    6

Ingredients

  • 1 (3 pound) whole chicken, giblets removed
  • salt and black pepper to taste
  • 1 tablespoon onion powder, or to taste
  • ½ cup butter or margarine
  • 1 stalk celery, leaves removed

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Place chicken in a roasting pan; season generously inside and out with onion powder, salt, and pepper. Place 3 tablespoons of butter in chicken cavity; arrange dollops of remaining butter on the outside of chicken. Cut celery into 3 or 4 pieces; place in the chicken cavity.
  • Bake chicken uncovered in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
  • Remove from the oven and baste with drippings. Cover with aluminum foil and allow to rest for about 30 minutes before serving.

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2 comments

This is the 4th time making roast chicken this way. Everyone loves it on our house. I always plan the next day to have left overs for lunch in toasties or sandwiches, unfortunately there is none left. I wonder if I’ll need two when my kids are teenagers 🤣

Ming

I’m so delighted with this recipe!

I was taught a very simple but kinda dry and underwhelming roast chicken recipe to start with, and I never really dared to improve it because I thought it would be too hard for my mediocre cooking skills.

But this was so easy and om nom nom sooooo good! Flavour all the way through, crispy tasty skin and tender meat like yessssss, and the juices totally suffice as sauce (my gravy failed! but it didn’t matter because big yes to pan juices).

To repeat, I can’t even get over how easy it was to make an amazing roast chicken. Honestly excited to have this recipe to impress and satisfy people with.

Charmaine

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