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Garlic Roasted Chicken
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Garlic Roasted Chicken

Course Main
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings 8
Author Pam / For the Love of Cooking

Equipment

  • Roasting Pan with Roasting Rack
  • Meat Thermometer

Ingredients

  • 1 5 lb chicken
  • ½ tbsp butter softened
  • 2 cloves of garlic minced
  • Olive oil cooking spray
  • Garlic powder to taste
  • Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste
  • 5 large cloves of garlic
  • ½ yellow onion cut into wedges
  • Fresh parsley

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
  • Remove chicken giblets from the cavity and rinse the chicken. Pat dry with paper towels
  • Mix the butter and 2 cloves of minced garlic until well combined.
  • Carefully, loosen the skin covering the breasts and coat the breasts with the butter mixture.
  • Coat the chicken with olive oil and season the entire bird with sea salt, freshly cracked pepper, and garlic powder, to taste.
  • Season the inside of the cavity with sea salt, freshly cracked pepper, and garlic powder, to taste then place the onion, garlic cloves, and fresh parsley into the cavity.
  • Place the bird on a roasting rack in a roasting pan.
  • Place a meat thermometer into the thickest part of the thigh without touching the bone.
  • Place the chicken into the oven and roast for 1½ hours or until the temperature reaches 180 degrees.
  • Remove the chicken from the oven and let the bird rest with a foil tent for at least 10 minutes before carving. Enjoy.