Oven Roasted Whole Chicken Recipe / Grilled Whole Chicken Recipe / How to Roast a Whole Chicken

Roasting a whole chicken is one of my long term mission. I wanted to do it so badly. But something put me back in it. And finally last week i got the courage to roast a whole chicken. I asked hubby to get a chicken with skin on, but sadly my butcher took most of the skin out. Roasting chicken with skins tend to give more juicy chicken. But i was little worried that my chicken had no skin on their breast side, so it will get dried. But to my surprise the chicken turned out so moist and juicy..I love it to the core and everyone at home loved it and the entire chicken got over in 30 mins. I served it with garlic mayo, naan and coleslaw..

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Marinating Time : 30 mins
Cooking Time : 1.5 Hour
Serves : 3 to 4


Ingredients:

Whole Chicken – 1.5 kg
Olive Oil – 1/4 cup
Kashmiri Chilli Powder – 2 tblspn
Black Pepper Powder – 1 tsp
Chilli Flakes – 2 tblspn
Oregano – 1 tblspn
Garlic Powder – 2 tblspn
Onion Powder – 2 tblspn
Salt to taste
Lemon Juice – 4 tblspn

Method:

Take a whole chicken and clean it well. Wipe it with a paper towel to make it completely dry. This will ensure that the marination sticks.

Now take a bowl and add all the ingredients in it. Mix well to form a thick smooth paste.

Now line a baking sheet with foil and brush it with some oil. Place the chicken over it and pour over the marination. 

Massage the chicken well, so the marination sticks all over the chicken. 

Leave it to marinate for 30 mins. 

Preheat the oven to 200 Degree C.

Now place the squeezed lemon half inside the cavity of the chicken. Put the chicken in the preheated oven for 20 mins.

Now after 20 mins, take the chicken out and reduce the oven temp to 160 degree C.

Now baste the chicken with the juices left in the tray. Cover the chicken with foil and bake in the oven for 20 more mins.

Remove the chicken and baste it once more..Cover the chicken with foil and bake in the oven for 20 more mins.

Remove the chicken and baste it once more..Cover the chicken with foil and bake in the oven for 20 more mins. 

Now take the chicken out of the oven, increase the oven temp to 250 Degree C. Baste the chicken one final time. Remove the foil and bake the chicken in the oven for the final 10 mins.

Now take the chicken out of the oven and allow it to rest for 15 mins.

Now use a kitchen scissors or knife and cut into pieces.

Serve withe garlic mayo and naan bread.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients

You need a cleaned whole chicken

Take olive oil in a bowl

Add kashmiri chilli powder

Black Pepper

salt

oregano

Garlic powder

onion powder

chilli flakes

lemon

mix it up

drizzle some oil over a baking sheet lined with foil

brush it up

Place the chicken over it

Spoon over the marination

Massage it…Leave it to marinate for 30 mins

Place the lemon wedge inside the cavity

Place it inside the oven for 20 mins

Remove it out

Base with the juices

cover it with a foil

Pop in the oven and bake for 20 more mins

Remove it out

Tilt the pan to get all the juices

Base again

Cover with foil

Pop inside the oven and bake for 20 more mins

Now remove it from oven

Take all the juices again

base it

Cover with foil again

Bake for 20 more mins

Base it once more and bake without a foil..

DONE DONE..

Serve