Want to become a better cook? I can tell you two things that almost any professional chef will tell you if your looking to do so: become really comfortable with a knife, and perfect a roasted chicken. Knife work takes lots of practice, but roasting a perfect chicken only takes an oven, quality ingredients and some friends to enjoy it with!
INGREDIENTS:
1 5 to 7 lb roasting chicken.1 medium white onion3 stalks of celery2 large carrots1 bunch of thyme1 bunch of sagecoconut oil or grass fed buttersalt and pepperTO MAKE:
1) Preheat your oven to 475 degrees
2) While the oven heats, prepare the chicken by removing any of the included awful and the neck. Save the neck for broth.
3) Rough chop all of the vegetables and toss together in a bowl.
4) Stuff the cavity of the chicken with the vegetables and herbs
5) Take the remaining vegetables and place them on the bottom of a baking dish.This will serve as a bed for your chicken to sit on.
6) Rub the skin of the chicken with butter or coconut oil and season with salt and pepper
7) Place the chicken onto the bed of vegetables and place in the oven for 40 minutes.
8) After 40 minutes, turn oven temperature down to 350 and roast for another 20 minutes.
9) Remove the chicken from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes before you carve
10) Carve the chicken and serve!
