chinese roasted chicken

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (4 pound) fresh or thawed whole roasting chicken
• 2 tablespoons kikkoman lite soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons dry
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1 large clove garlic, pressed
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

Recipe

• remove and discard giblets and neck from chicken. rinse chicken under cold running water; drain well and pat dry with paper towels. pierce chicken thoroughly with fork. place chicken, breast side up, in shallow, foil-lined roasting pan.
• combine lite soy sauce, , oil, garlic, fennel, ginger, sugar and cloves. brush cavity and skin thoroughly with sauce mixture.
• roast in 325 degrees f. oven 1 hour and 45 minutes, or until meat thermometer inserted into thigh registers 180, brushing chicken occasionally with remaining sauce mixture during last 40 minutes of roasting time.
• remove chicken from oven and let stand 10 minutes before carving.