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.
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.
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.
Recipes for Thanksgiving:
Cranberry Sauce
Turkey Gravy
Chicken and Leek PIe
Pear Cherry Crumble
Mango Crumble
Ingredients for Roast Chicken
- Whole Chicken with skin - about 3 pounds
- Onion - 1 chopped with skins on
- Garlic - 1 whole bulb cut in half
- Lemon - 1 cut in half
- Potatoes - 4 to 5 cut into chunks
- Onion - 2 cut into thick slices
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.
For Herb Butter:
- Butter - ½ cup
- Garlic - 3 cloves grated
- Paprika - 1 tsp
- Oregano - 1 tsp
- Rosemary - 1 tblspn
- Fresh Parsley - 3 tblspn chopped finely
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
Looking for Pie Recipes for thanksgiving
Apple Pie
Pineapple Pie
Banoffee Pie
Apple Galette
Apple Crumble
How to Make Roast Chicken
- 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.
- 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.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!
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Herb Butter Roast Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- Whole Chicken with skin - about 3 pounds
- Onion - 1 chopped with skins on
- Garlic - 1 whole bulb cut in half
- Lemon - 1 cut in half
- Potatoes - 4 to 5 cut into chunks
- Onion - 2 cut into thick slices
- For Herb Butter:
- Butter - ½ cup
- Garlic - 3 cloves grated
- Paprika - 1 tsp
- Oregano - 1 tsp
- Rosemary - 1 tblspn
- Fresh Parsley - 3 tblspn chopped finely
- Salt to taste
- Pepper 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.
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Rahana Rani
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Zim
Awesome recipe, Aarthi! Just what I was looking for.
Thanks,
Rimzim
Divya Rony
Thanks Aarti for this recipe... is there any alternate ingredient to replace Rosemary?
Aarthi
u can skip rosemary
Anonymous
Hi
What temperature should the oven be set.
Thanks.
Aarthi
it has to be cooked in a 200 degree C oven
Ayesha's Kitchen
wow..its tempting Aarthi..am a great fan of ur cooking style and recipes...Thanks a lot for this yummy recipe
Manju Chacko
Tried this today. Very easy & yummm. Great pictorial explanation. Thankyou for sharing.
Renu
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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Bhuvana
What is dat thread? Wr can v get dat?
Can we use normal nool kandu
Cynthia Thomas
Is there an alternative to butter?