Basic Roast Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 1/2 lbs whole chickens, without giblets
• kosher salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• extra virgin olive oil

Recipe

• 1 place your roasting pan in the oven, and preheat to 425 degrees.
• 2 wash the chicken inside and out with cold water. pat it as dry as possible with paper towels.
• 3 with a sharp knife, make 3 or 4 slashes across each of the thighs.
• 4 rub the entire chicken, including the interior cavity, with olive oil, and then with salt and pepper.
• 5 carefully separate the skin of the breast from the meat, and work some olive oil, salt, and pepper into the gaps with your hand.
• 6 tuck the wings up under the back of the chicken. cross the legs, and tie it up as tightly as possible with kitchen twine.
• 7 pull the hot tray out of the oven, and place the chicken on it breast side down. return to the oven and cook for 5 minutes.
• 8 turn the chicken over onto the other breast, and cook another 5 minutes.
• 9 turn the chicken on it's back, and cook for 1 hour.
• 10 let it rest for 5 - 10 minutes before serving.