Peggis Oven Roasted Chicken Recipes

PERFECT ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Remove the chicken giblets. Rinse the chicken inside and out. Remove any excess fat and leftover pin feathers and pat the outside dry. Liberally salt and pepper the inside of the chicken. Stuff the cavity with the bunch of thyme, both halves of lemon, and all the garlic. Brush the outside of the chicken with the butter and sprinkle again with salt and pepper. Tie the legs together with kitchen string and tuck the wing tips under the body of the chicken. Place the onions, carrots, and fennel in a roasting pan. Toss with salt, pepper, 20 sprigs of thyme, and olive oil. Spread around the bottom of the roasting pan and place the chicken on top.
• Roast the chicken for 1 1/2 hours, or until the juices run clear when you cut between a leg and thigh. Remove the chicken and vegetables to a platter and cover with aluminum foil for about 20 minutes. Slice the chicken onto a platter and serve it with the vegetables.

PEGGI'S OVEN ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°
• 2. Spray 2 piece broiler pan with holes in it with the pan spray.
• 3. Place chicken on it with skin side up. Spray chicken with pan spray also.
• 4. Don't crowd chicken on pan unless you have a lot to cook. This may increase cooking time. Refer to picture.
• 5. Sprinkle the garlic salt on chicken first, then the chicken seasoning. This matters. If you put the garlic salt on the outer most part of chicken; when the heat hits it for an extended period of time, it becomes gritty & sometimes has an unpleasant taste. Putting the chicken season over it protects it & allows it to seap into the juices of the skin. Spray with pan spray again.
• 6. Place in center rack of oven & set your timer for 1 hour. Check it then. Mine takes 1 hour every time, but the first few times you make it, you will want to see how it does in your oven. You know it's done when you touch the leg/thigh portion & the skin gives & is not solid or firm. Skin should also be a golden brown & crisp. Dark meat takes longer to cook. Leg/thigh meat is dark meat. RULE OF THUMB: On a chicken anything below the waist is dark meat (legs & thighs); anything above the waist is white meat (breasts, wish bone, wings). Wings can actually be considered either white or dark. (Worked at KFC)
• 7. NOTE: To make BBQ chicken out of this, do as above & then spread on your favorite BBQ sauce & return to oven for another 20 minutes. Kraft BBQ sauce with Honey is good.
• 8. I served with steamed broccoli with butter & left over Best Baked Beans (better the second day). Such an easy Sunday lunch. https://www.justapinch.com/recipe/best-baked-beans-by-peggi-anne-tebben-cookiequeen

THE BEST ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Mix butter, garlic, thyme, rosemary, lemon zest, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper together in a bowl.
• Loosen skin on chicken breast; rub butter mixture between skin and breast meat. Press on the skin to distribute evenly. Rub oil, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper all over; place lemon halves inside cavity. Set in a baking pan.
• Roast in the preheated oven, basting after 30 minutes, until chicken is no longer pink, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Let rest before carving, about 15 minutes.

JUICY ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place chicken in a roasting pan, and season generously inside and out with salt and pepper. Sprinkle inside and out with onion powder. Place 3 tablespoons margarine in the chicken cavity. Arrange dollops of the remaining margarine around the chicken's exterior. Cut the celery into 3 or 4 pieces, and place in the chicken cavity.
• Bake uncovered 1 hour and 15 minutes in the preheated oven, to a minimum internal temperature of 180 degrees F (82 degrees C). Remove from heat, and baste with melted margarine and drippings. Cover with aluminum foil, and allow to rest about 30 minutes before serving.

PEGGI'S OVEN ROASTED POTATO WEDGES

Steps:

• AT LEAST 1 1/2 HOURS BEFORE COOKING DO THIS: WASH POTATOES & LEAVE SKINS ON. QUARTER THEM LENGTHWISE. PLACE IN COLD WATER & POUR ABOUT 1/8 CUP SUGAR ON TOP OF THEM IN THE WATER, DO NOT DISTURB FOR 1-1 1/2 HOURS.
• DRAIN THE POTATOES & ALLOW TO DRY A FEW MINUTES WHILE YOU DO STEPS #3 & #4.
• PREHEAT OVEN TO 400°. I DO THIS IN MY COUNTERTOP OVEN.
• SPRAY THE FLAT PAN YOU ARE GOING TO USE WITH BUTTER SPRAY.
• LAY POTATOES ON PAN, SKIN SIDE DOWN ON PAN. SPRAY THE WHITE PART OF POTATOES & SPRINKLE WITH THE 3 SEASONINGS ABOVE. SPRAY AGAIN.
• NOW TURN WHITE SIDE DOWN TO PAN. SPRAY THE SKIN SIDE OF POTATO & PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OVEN & BAKE FOR 20 MINUTES.
• AFTER 20 MINUTES, TURN THE OTHER WHITE SIDE DOWN ON PAN & BAKE FOR 10 MORE MINUTES. BOTH WHITE SIDES SHOULD BE BROWNED & POTATOES DONE.