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    Herb Butter Roast Chicken Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 6, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Roast whole chicken made juicy and super flavourful with this simple recipe. Delicious herb butter roast chicken with butter, herbs and garlic. This chicken is roasted in oven with skins to create a crispy chicken with roast potatoes. Learn how to make the most delicious and juicy roast chicken with stepwise pictures.

    Herb Butter Roast Chicken 

    Thanksgiving is around the corner. it is one of my favourite holiday. There is nothing more satisfying than cooking wonderful foods for your loved ones and enjoying the day with the people you love. I have created a whole lot of menu for this thanksgiving. I have been sharing it visually with you all week long.

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    • Roast Chicken Ingredients
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    We are not into turkey, so it is always a roast chicken. That too this special roast chicken which i have been making it for years. My fool proof recipe is this one. I have been giving ideas all week long for the recipes you can make this thanksgiving.

    About Roast Chicken

    Roasting a whole chicken can feel intimating for many. But it is actually very easy to make. You can do few minutes of preparation to the chicken and leave it to bake without baby sitting. There are few crucial steps to get the perfect juicy and crispy roast chicken.

    Herb butter is what makes the roast chicken perfect. Roast the chicken with skin for best taste and texture. Herb butter is made with lots of butter, herbs, spices and dried herbs.

    Recipes for Thanksgiving

    Cranberry Sauce
    Turkey Gravy
    Chicken and Leek Pie

    Watch Thanksgiving Roast Chicken Video

    YouTube video

    Roast Chicken Ingredients

    Whole Chicken - Use medium to large chicken with skins on. It makes the chicken juicy without drying. The chicken skin gets crispy which makes it tasty.

    For Stuffing - I used lemon, garlic, onion and herbs to stuff inside the chicken.

    For Layering Baking Tray - I used onion and potatoes for layering the baking tray. So when the chicken bakes, you get roast potato as well.

    Herb Butter - use butter, dried herbs, paprika, salt and black pepper powder for flavouring.

    How to Make Roast Chicken (3 Easy Steps)

    Pre-preparation - Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Take a baking pan and place onion slices over it. Set aside.

    Chicken Prep - Mix all the herb butter ingredients together and set aside. Take chicken and use your fingers to separate the skins from it. Spread butter over chicken.

    Baking Chicken - Nplace the potatoes around the chicken and pop it into the oven and bake for 1 hour and 30 mins. Remove it from oven half way through the cooking time and take the juices from the pan and pour it over the chicken. do this two times. Remove it from oven and set aside for 20 mins. Now slice and serve.

    How to Make Roast Chicken (Stepwise Pictures)

    Take all your ingredients
    Take chicken and pat it dry with a kitchen towel
    lets make the herb butter, take butter in a bowl
    take garlic
    add in rosemary
    parsley
    add in oregano
    paprika
     salt and pepper
    mix well
    take chicken in a pan
    separate the skin with your fingers
    like this
    spoon some butter in and spread it evenly over it
    like this
    place onions inside the cavity
    place garlic in
     
    stuff the cavity with lemons
    tie the legs with a kitchen thread
    like this
     
    apply butter all over it
    place onions in the pan
    place chicken over it, arrange potatoes all around it
    time to bake
    remove it half way through the cooking time
    base it lightly with the juices
    bake again
    till crispy
    serv

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    Roast Chicken | Herb Butter Roast Chicken Recipe

    Roast whole chicken made juicy and super flavourful with this simple recipe. Delicious herb butter roast chicken with butter, herbs and garlic. This chicken is roasted in oven with skins to create a crispy chicken with roast potatoes. Learn how to make the most delicious and juicy roast chicken with stepwise pictures.
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    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 1 hour hour
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes
    Servings: 6 servings
    Calories: 611kcal

    Equipment

    • Baking Tray
    • OTG

    Ingredients

    • 1½ kg Whole Chicken with skin about 3 pounds
    • 1 large Onion chopped with skins on
    • 1 bulb Garlic whole bulb cut in half
    • 1 large Lemon cut in half

    For Layering Tray

    • 4 large Potatoes cut into chunks
    • 2 large Onion cut into thick slices

    For Herb Butter

    • 100 grams Butter
    • 3 cloves Garlic peeled & grated
    • 2 tsp Ground Paprika
    • 2 tsp Dried Oregano
    • 2 tsp Dried Rosemary
    • 3 tbsp Fresh Parsley chopped finely
    • 2 tsp Black Pepper Powder
    • Salt to taste

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 200 degree C. Take a baking pan and place onion slices over it. Set aside.
    • Mix all the herb butter ingredients together and set aside.
    • Take chicken and use your fingers to separate the skins from it. Now put half of the  herb butter in and massage it all over it so it spread evenly. Now put onions, lemons, garlic inside the cavity of the chicken. Place the chicken over the bed of onions. Now place the remaining butter over it and spread evenly.
    • Now tie the legs with a thread and place the potatoes around the chicken and pop it into the oven and bake for 1 hour and 30 mins. Remove it from oven half way through the cooking time and take the juices from the pan and pour it over the chicken. do this two times.
    • Now remove it from oven and set aside for 20 mins. Now slice and serve.

    Video

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 1servings | Calories: 611kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 126mg | Sodium: 211mg | Potassium: 1451mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1108IU | Vitamin C: 69mg | Calcium: 90mg | Iron: 4mg
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    • Chicken Shepherds Pie Recipe
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    About Aarthi

    Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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    1. Rahana Rani

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      super

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    2. Zim

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      Awesome recipe, Aarthi! Just what I was looking for.

      Thanks,
      Rimzim

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    3. Divya Rony

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      Thanks Aarti for this recipe... is there any alternate ingredient to replace Rosemary?

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      • Aarthi

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        u can skip rosemary

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    4. Anonymous

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      Hi
      What temperature should the oven be set.
      Thanks.

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      • Aarthi

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        it has to be cooked in a 200 degree C oven

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    5. Ayesha's Kitchen

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      wow..its tempting Aarthi..am a great fan of ur cooking style and recipes...Thanks a lot for this yummy recipe

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    6. Manju Chacko

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      Tried this today. Very easy & yummm. Great pictorial explanation. Thankyou for sharing.

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    7. Renu

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      Hi tried this recipe last week. Received good feedback from my husband.Your recipes in blog were simple and easy to try at home.Many thanks. I am your follower all the time.

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    8. mink lashes

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      I am really impressed with your writing skills as well as with the layout on your weblog. Is this a paid theme or did you modify it yourself? Anyway keep up the excellent quality writing, it is rare to see a nice blog like this one these days.

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    9. Bhuvana

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      What is dat thread? Wr can v get dat?
      Can we use normal nool kandu

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    10. Cynthia Thomas

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      Is there an alternative to butter?

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