Heavenly Home-style Roasted Whole Chicken And Potatoes

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 whole chicken
• 4 tablespoons butter (or more)
• 1 tablespoon dried rosemary (plus a bit extra)
• salt and pepper, to taste
• lemon pepper, to taste
• paprika, to taste
• 4 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1 cup water
• 1 lb red potatoes, unpeeled and quartered
• 4 large carrots, chopped
• 1 large onion, chopped coursely (or quartered)
• olive oil, to taste

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 400.
• 2 unwrap chicken, remove giblets (if needed), wash, and pat semi-dry.
• 3 spread 1 tbs butter on the bottom of shallow roasting pan.
• 4 place whole chicken in roasting pan, breast side up.
• 5 sprinkle liberally with salt.
• 6 spread remaining butter all over chicken.
• 7 sprinkle with black pepper, lemon pepper, and paparika to taste. sprinkle with rosemary.
• 8 add potatoes to pan, surrounding the chicken.
• 9 spinkle potatoes with salt, pepper, and small amount of rosemary.
• 10 drizzle potatoes with olive oil.
• 11 place pan in oven and bake chicken and potatoes for 20 minutes.
• 12 remove from oven.
• 13 toss potatoes to turn.
• 14 add 1 cup water to the pan.
• 15 add chopped carrots and onion to pan.
• 16 sprinkle minced garlic over veggies and chicken.
• 17 drizzle carrots and onion with olive oil.
• 18 place pan back in oven.
• 19 bake for an additional 45 mins until chicken is brown and crispy, and potatoes are nicely roasted.
• 20 remove from oven, allowing chicken to cool.
• 21 carve chicken and serve with veggies (drizzle with gravy from the pan, if you like).
• 22 note: if whole chicken is over 3.5 pounds, add 8-10 mins per pound to cooking time.