If roasting a chicken or two isn’t currently in your cooking repertoire, we encourage you to try it! With little effort from you, and an hour or two in the oven, you could have the makings of nutritious meals for the week ahead. Tomorrow we’ll talk about all the ways to enjoy fresh cooked chicken, but first things first – roasting the bird(s).
Every chef has a recipe for a roast chicken – it’s that big of a staple. We follow master chef Thomas Keller’s 3-ingredient technique provided below, care of Epicurious. Buzzfeed also loves Mr. Keller’s version, and has a video showing exactly how to truss a chicken, so you can check out their post, too.
Enjoy this chicken simply with a crisp green salad and crusty, hearty bread. Or serve it up with roasted root veggies.
Thomas Keller’s Favorite Simple Roast Chicken
Ingredients
1 2-3 pound chicken
Kosher salt, to taste
Black pepper, to tase
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 450°F.
2. Rinse the chicken, then dry it very well with paper towels, inside and out. (The less it steams and the drier the heat, the better.)
3. Generously salt and pepper the cavity, then truss the bird. (See the Buzzfeed video for a tutorial on trussing.)
4. Cover the chicken in salt, and season with pepper to taste.
5. Once in a roasting pan, place the chicken in the hot oven. Thomas Keller doesn’t add butter or baste the bird, but you can if you like.
6. Roast for 50-60 minutes, until it’s done; the internal temperature of the chicken should be 165°F.
7. Remove it from the oven and baste the chicken with its juices. Let it rest on a cutting board for 15 minutes then serve. (Remember to remove trussing twine before serving!)
Makes 2-4 servings.
Nutritional Information
Nutrition varies depending on what part of the chicken and how much you are eating. Eating the skin in addition to the meat will render a higher calorie count, and dark meat (leg, thigh) has different nutritional make-up than light meat (breast).
– Half of a roasted chicken breast (skin removed): Calories 142 | Fat 3g| Protein 27g | Carbs 0g
– Whole Leg (drumstick, thigh, and back meat – skin removed): Calories 346 | Fat 16g | Protein 48g | Carbs 0g
Nutritional information is provided by MyFitNessPal Recipe Calculator.
What’s your favorite way to enjoy roast chicken? Share your ideas in the comments below!
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– Team FitStar
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