Thursday, April 4, 2013

Simple Roasted Chicken

Ingredients:
  • 1 small Onion, peeled and quartered
  • 3 cloves of Garlic, peeled and quartered
  • 3 sprigs Fresh Tarragon
  • 3 sprigs Fresh Thyme
  • 1 ~5 pound Chicken (don't forget to remove the giblets)
  • 2 T. Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 t. Kosher Salt
  • 1/2 t. Freshly Ground Pepper

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 º
  • Put Onion, Garlic, Tarragon & Thyme into the cavity of the chicken. 
  • Tie the legs together with Kitchen Twine
  • Rub Chicken with Olive Oil, Salt and Pepper.
  • Put Chicken in a roasting pan with the breast side DOWN
  • Roast for 25 minutes. 
  • Turn Chicken over with breast side up 
  • Baste occasionally with the pan juices
  • Continue to roast for 1&1/2 hours or until a thermometer inserted in the thigh registers 175 º
  • Transfer to a cutting boars and let the chicken rest for 10 minutes.
  • Be sure to remove the string before carving

  • Nutritional Info Per Serving:


Per 3-ounce serving (without skin): 180 calories; 9 g fat (2 g sat, 5 g mono); 64 mg chol; 1 g. carbs; 0 g added sugars; 21 g protein; 0 g fiber; 300 mg sodium; 217 mg potassium.

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