Easy and Amazing Roast Chicken
Posted on March 12, 2010 by Sarah in Dinner, Food, Lunch, MealPlan, News | 15 Comments
This is a recipe for a whole roast chicken that I found on Epicurious that I revised to make even easier. It seems to0 easy to even be good but this was sincerely the best roast chicken I have ever had.
Roast Chicken
1 free range/farm raised 4-5 lb chicken
Sea salt
Preheat oven to 450. Wash chicken and thoroughly dry the chicken inside the cavity and out with paper towels. Place the chicken in a roasting pan and generously sprinkle the entire chicken with sea salt (inside the cavity as well). The recipe on epicurious said to “rain” the salt down on the chicken, maybe that’s the secret…. I did not tress it, add any butter, thyme, or even pepper, just the salt, and after about an hour in the oven, the chicken was crispy golden brown on the outside and incredibly tender, juicy, flavorful and delicious on the inside! The best parts of the chicken is what we could pick right off the bones – my two year old ate most of his dinner before we even got the chicken to the table…
I served the chicken with mashed cauliflower that I seasoned with garlic powder and black pepper as well as a fresh arugula and spring mix salad with diced apples, olive oil, and lemon juice.
Enjoy!!
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Hmm, I’m so used to covering my bird in spices. Maybe I will try it that way. Have you ever done a chicken beer-can-style? Beer isn’t paleo, but we can still use the can to infuse the chicken with delicious steam.
Great blog, by the way. I just stumbled on it from another blog.
Did you cover the chicken with foil?
No, you don’t want to cover the chicken because that will create steam which you want to avoid. I promise, it will turn out great! : )
Made the chicken last night–Delicious! But MAN did it do a number on my oven–had to run the self cleaner afterwards!
Hi Sarah,
I’m a CF trainer from CrossFit East Bay, and I’ve been looking around for workable healthy recipes, and came across this site – VERY nice-looking stuff! I intend to try some of these out soon.
I noticed you like to use your crockpot, which I also love, so thought I’d share a couple of my household’s favorite recipes, in case you’re looking to try anything new:
Slow-cooker whole chicken: http://sprng.me/epct
Chicken and chickpea southwest soup: http://sprng.me/pj84
I know chickpeas are iffy where paleo is concerned – sub as needed.
Awesome Daniel, can’t wait to try these, thank you!!
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Oh yeah, should have warned you about that…. Sorry!! : )
I’ve been meaning to email you. I’m so glad you’re doing better. I hope you’re enjoying your time off. I know it must be challenging but how wonderful to get to slow down a bit! Enjoy!!!
I made this chicken last week and LOVED it… So did the rest of the family… even the 3 yr old. Thanks for sharing. See you soon. Sara
I always thought roast chicken looked too highbrow for my bumbling culinary skills and was shocked when my first one (stuffed with fresh thyme, basil, and garlic) worked out so well!
I’ll try this one next week. Thank you!
Hey Sara! I’ll be back on Thursday for the 7 am class, if you’re there, I’ll see you then!! Glad you all liked the chicken!! Miss you!
Sarah, I wanna send u the pics to this!
Frackin’ awesome and so easy
I made one mod, 10min in, I put a good dollop of butter in the cavity
and made a gravy with juices after
Operation Chook took 50min, sweetness.
Hey Michael, sounds awesome, please send me the pictures!! : )
Love the site I am new to Paleo been doing CF for about 10 weeks and it’s working. Using my South Beach diet experience to lose some weight but my coaches and I have realized I need to get on the Paleo program. I’m gassing in some of my work outs and found out I’m not getting enough protein.
This chicken looks great I’ve been doing a version of it for a while just rubbing good olive oil all over it, garlic powder salt and pepper. I accidently cooked it upside and it actually made the breast juicier.
Gotta figure out how to stock my house with staples and get snacks nailed down so I’m prepared.
Thanks again for the info.
YUM! I figured at best I’d have some bland chicken but actually, it was a wonderful, natural, moist chicken.
Thank you so very much for the recipe and the blog.
Stephen