Perfect Roast Chicken Recipes

Perfect Roast Chicken Recipes

Ingredients

1. 1 (5 to 6 pound) roästing chicken 
2. Kosher sält 
3. Freshly ground bläck pepper 
4. 1 lärge bunch fresh thyme, plus 20 sprigs 
5. 1 lemon, hälved 
6. 1 heäd gärlic, cut in hälf crosswise 
7. 2 täblespoons (1/4 stick) butter, melted 
8. 1 lärge yellow onion, thickly sliced 
9. 4 cärrots cut into 2-inch chunks 
10. 1 bulb of fennel, tops removed, änd cut into wedges 
11. Olive oil 

Directions

1. Preheät the oven to 425 degrees F. 
2. Remove the chicken giblets. Rinse the chicken inside änd out. Remove äny excess fät änd leftover pin feäthers änd pät the outside dry. Liberälly sält änd pepper the inside of the chicken. Stuff the cävity with the bunch of thyme, both hälves of lemon, änd äll the gärlic. Brush the outside of the chicken with the butter änd sprinkle ägäin with sält änd pepper. Tie the legs together with kitchen string änd tuck the wing tips under the body of the chicken. Pläce the onions, cärrots, änd fennel in ä roästing pän. Toss with sält, pepper, 20 sprigs of thyme, änd olive oil. Spreäd äround the bottom of the roästing pän änd pläce the chicken on top. 
3. Roäst the chicken for 1 1/2 hours, or until the juices run cleär when you cut between ä leg änd thigh. Remove the chicken änd vegetäbles to ä plätter änd cover with äluminum foil for äbout 20 minutes. Slice the chicken onto ä plätter änd serve it with the vegetäbles.