This Simple Roast Chicken is perfect for Sunday dinners and for meal prepping during the week! Leftover chicken is great for sandwiches or salads, and you can even make a quick chicken stock with the bones when you’re done!
Knowing how to roast a whole chicken is a basic kitchen skill that will give you meals for days. Also be sure and check out our Simple Roast Turkey Recipe and our Perfectly Smooth Mashed Potatoes for the ultimate side dish to your roasted chicken!
Continue roasting chicken, basting every 20 minutes, until juices run clear, legs move easily when wiggled and meat thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 170°F. This will take about 2 1/2 to 3 hours for a 5- to 7-pound PERDUE® OVEN STUFFER® Whole Roaster.
Why You’ll Love This Roast Chicken Recipe
This is one of those recipes that you need to tuck away in your recipe book, Pin it, memorize it, whatever. It’s an easy, cost efficient, delicious way to feed your family that still feels like something special.
Roasting a chicken doesn’t have to be complicated at all, in fact, this recipe is just a basic guide and you can switch up the seasonings and flavors really however you like. Just get the basic steps down here and you can do the rest!
- Easy To Make: Once you master this chicken recipe, you’ll be making it every week. Only a few minutes of prep time and it’s ready for the oven.
- Versatile: You can easily switch up the flavors and seasonings in this recipe to your liking.
- Leftover Recipes: Chicken can be used in many recipes like pasta dishes, soups and casseroles. We’ll get into some more ideas later in the post.
- Affordable: Making a roasted chicken is really very budget friendly since it can be used to make so many different recipes, including stock from the bones.
Do You Need To Truss A Chicken Before Roasting?
After stuffing and seasoning the chicken, you do need to truss the bird. Tucking the wings and legs tight into the chicken helps everything to cook evenly.
I run a long strand of kitchen twine underneath the breast of the bird and bring it up and over the wings. Tie the string in the middle like you see in the picture above.
Grab another piece of string and wrap it around the legs, using a criss cross pattern and then pull the legs together and tie a knot.
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