Whole Chicken Oven Roast
An oven roasted whole chicken is the perfect dinner. It's my super easy "wholesome" and "healthy" dinner because a whole chicken is filling and can be paired with nearly any vegetables I have on hand. It takes almost no time to get the chicken and vegetables into a pan and in the oven. One hour later, dinner is served hot and tasty!
Servings: 6
Cost: 25
Equipment
- Oven Dish/Pan with a lid
- Tongs
- Sharp knife
- Cutting Board
- Tin foil if your oven pot or pan has no lid
Ingredients
- 1 Whole Chicken
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Pepper
- Vegetables see notes below
- Seasoning see notes below
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Celsius
- Remove chicken from packaging and place in oven dish or pan
- Salt and pepper both sides of the chicken well
- Loosely chop vegetables you have in your pantry and add around the chicken
- Close lid or cover chicken with tin foil
- Bake the chicken in the oven for 1 hour
- After 1 hour, open the lid (or remove tin foil) and bake the chicken for another 15 minutes at 450 degrees Celsius (or low broil) until the top skin layer of the chicken is brown and crispy
Video
Notes
Oven dish - Any oven dish or pan will work. If you do not have one with a lid, you can add tin foil to cover the chicken, like I do.
Vegetables - I dice any vegetables I have on hand and add them into the pan around my chicken. They cook in the juicy chicken flavour that drips from the chicken while it's cooking, which will give you tender and flavourful vegetables.
Seasoning - Salt and pepper is our primary seasoning. From there, I will add additional seasoning if I have time. Rosemary pairs wonderfully with chicken and so does paprika if you like a some extra heat with your chicken bite.
Quality chicken - I should note here that a quality chicken won't require much to help to taste good (in terms of seasoning). While certain flavours go well together and can enhance the flavour of a dish, real animals have a delicious tasting flavour all on their own. Just like near most every real kind of food out there that exist in its true form (without too much human interference).