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Stupid Simple Roast Chicken
Elliott
"This is so easy it's stupid."
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Ingredients
1 h 25 m servings 383 calsOriginal recipe yields 6 servings (1 whole roasted chicken)
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- Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- Place chicken into a roasting pan and insert lemon halves into the cavity; spread kosher salt over outside of chicken.
- Roast in the preheated oven until skin is browned and crisp, the juices run clear, and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a thigh, not touching bone, reads 160 degrees F (70 degrees C), about 1 hour. Let chicken rest for 15 minutes before carving.
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- Aluminum foil can be used to keep food moist, cook it evenly, and make clean-up easier.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 383 calories; 22.8 g fat; 2 g carbohydrates; 41 g protein; 129 mg cholesterol; 1085 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
10/4/2012
What can I say - straight forward crispy skin and moist and tender meat. One tip - rinse the chicken and then set it upright to drain and dry - even in the refrigerator for several hours or at ...
Most helpful critical review
1/28/2015
Sure, the chicken was delicious, but it certainly wasn't worth the mess.
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10/4/2012
What can I say - straight forward crispy skin and moist and tender meat. One tip - rinse the chicken and then set it upright to drain and dry - even in the refrigerator for several hours or at ...
10/28/2012
Hmmm.....I would give this 3 stars as far as "taste" goes and probably 5 stars as far as tenderness. The recipe doesn't clarify how much salt I was supposed to use....I think I ended up using a...
9/11/2012
I haven"t tried this yet but it sounds delicious and super easy. The kosher salt will make it tender and melt-in-your mouth delicious. I will probably let it sit in the 'fridge after I rub the s...
10/26/2012
I have been roasting chickens for almost 30 years and this is the best method I've tried. I placed a local free-range chicken on a rack, and followed the instructions (only had half of a lemon ...
10/14/2012
This was AWESOME! I made it tonight and tweaked it just slightly. When I sliced the lemon in half- I sqeezed the juice over the skin of the chicken and then put the halves in the cavity with a 1...
12/16/2012
This was my first time cooking a whole chicken and it was fantastic! Instead of putting lemon halves inside I decided to do a bread stuffing (also a first for me). For the stuffing I used some l...
1/23/2013
Elliot, thank you for submitting this recipe! It's so stupidly easy and so good!! Oh my gosh! So moist! I added pepper b/c I like it and butter to the cavity. Followed the roasting directions ex...
1/19/2013
Rinse & let drain upright in fridge. Spread olive oil on skin, then coat with Kosher salt. Nice and crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside, and very easy to make!