Roasted Chicken Recipe

This is my favorite recipe for Roasted Chicken.  It is adapted from Jamie Oliver's book called Jamie's Food Revolution.  I have made this same recipe with pork and it is also delicious!

Preheat oven to 475 degrees.
Cut and pile veggies in the middle of the pan, drizzle with olive oil.
2 med. onions
2 carrots
2 stalks celery
1 bulb garlic

Put 3 1/2 pound chicken on top, drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.  (I use a larger chicken so that I have lots of leftovers for other meals.)

Place lemon  and herbs in cavity of chicken.
1 lemon (pop in the microwave for 40 sec)
thyme, rosemary, bay or sage, or mixture

Put into preheated oven and turn down immediately to 400 degrees.
Cook 1 hour and 20 min. (check to see if done)
Baste chicken 1/2 way through cooking.
If veggies are dry, add alittle water.




You may want to add baked potatoes as a side.
Be sure to poke with a fork a few times and butter before putting them onto the wire racks of your oven.  Turn once during baking.

When you take out the chicken to rest 15 minutes, strain out the veggies from the drippings. 










Make gravy with the drippings. I mixed 2 Tbsp. of flour with about 2 cups of milk, then added it to the drippings while stirring over high heat. Be sure to continue stirring until it thickens.

























Then... devour!