The Sunday Night Classic: Oven Roasted Chicken

Katie came home with a whole roasting chicken after her trip to the grocery store on Friday and I was told that I would be cooking it as she doesn’t “deal with” raw chicken J For lack of invention I fell to my old standby as outlined in Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food (orFood Revolution as it came out in Canada). It is a very simple recipe and basically has you season the chicken and stuff a lemon in the cavity. I made a few changes incorporating techniques I had seen on other Jamie Oliver programs. I created a seasoned butter of basil, parsley and thyme and spread that under the skin covering the breast. I also swapped the lemon out and instead used the basil/parsley mixture and a few cloves of garlic that I put in the cavity.  

Perfect Roast Chicken

While not pictured the real stars of the dinner were the oven roasted potatoes. The recipe, also from Food Revolution, follows:

 Roast Potatoes, Parsnips and Carrots