I can’t be the only person who loves making a whole roasted chicken during the week and saving the leftovers for lunches right?!? It is just so easy to make one chicken, have it for dinner, and then use the rest of the meat all week for salads, sandwiches, and more! Y’all know, I love to cook smarter, not harder, and if I can get away with cooking less during the week, I am going to do it! This whole roasted chicken recipe is one of my favorites! Crispy skin, moist center, and done in about an hour!
Oven Roasted Whole Chicken
If you thought the video makes this recipe look easy, then you are correct! Even though it takes an hour to cook, prep time is minimal and you can just set it and forget it once the chicken is in the oven. You can go about making your sides, cleaning up a little, or maybe catching up on someHulu shows while you wait for the chicken to fully cook.
I have found that cooking large meals like a whole roasted chicken, early in the week is so helpful when it comes to my desire to not cook later on in the week. Meal prepping has been another thing I have added lately that helps me too. I swear, every week when Thursday/Friday rolls around I just don’t feel like cooking. This is when my “let’s just go out to eat” desire comes in… so making large meals with leftovers, and meal prepping has really been helping save me some money at the end of the week.
The Whole Roasted Chicken
No lie, doing a whole chicken in the oven was a bit intimidating at first. I was NOT looking forward to sticking my hand up “in there” and pulling out the innards…but honestly it was not as bad as I thought. Just get it in and out and try not to think about it much lol
Once my chicken was cleaned out, I put it in a glass pan while my oven was heating up to 450° . You can really use any seasoning you like for this as well. Personally, I used a little olive oil, minced garlic, Cayenne, salt, pepper, and some McCormick seasoning I had on hand. I rubbed everything on my chicken, and let it cook at 450° for about 20 minutes.
Once the 20 minutes are up, decrease heat to 400° and let your bird keep cooking for another 40 minutes. I like to turn on the broiler for the last 2-3 minutes of the cook time to get the skin nice and crispy as well! When you take your bird out, let her rest a little and enjoy!
See, this whole roasted chicken is super easy and perfect for a large family, or anyone that is wanting leftovers!
One Hour Oven Roasted Whole Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 Whole Chicken
- Tbsp olive oil
- tsp cayenne
- salt/pepper
- Tbsp minced garlic
- Spices of Chioce
Instructions
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Clean out your chicken and pre heat oven to 450°
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Rub your cleaned chicken with all remaining ingredients!
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Bake for 20 minutes.
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Reduce heat to 400° and bake for 40 more minutes.
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Broil for last 3 minutes of cook time for crispier skin
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MMMM a whole roast chicken sounds lovely right now! NOW I am thinking I need BBQ for lunch today because this one place my husband and I love – has BOMB whole roasted BBQ chicken!
This is my go to dinner when I know we have a lot going on that week. I love bringing cold chicken sandwiches for lunch to work
Now this looks like a delicious chicken! I have to admit I do like a good roast and the quicker you can cook one, the better.
This looks incredible! I’ll have to try this chicken for dinner. I am a huge fan of roasted chicken and I love that this is so easy.
I love roasted chicken and make it most weekends but not during the week as I rarely have any time. But this looks really amazing
This sure looks super and well roasted. I haven’t really tried making chicken but this looks rather simple thing to do.
Thank you for sharing this recipe, would like to try making this at home. This looks yummy by the way.
Love roasted chicken! This is a great recipe!
Whole roasted chickens seem to have the most flavors. That is the way all four of my kids like them best.
I am now pescatarian for now, but who knows I might go back to eating chicken super part-time. I would love to know how to roast a chicken like this one day with lots of herbs.
I like to use rosemary most of the time too! Fre4sh herbs, and an onion inside of the chicken while roasting gives it a great flavor.
So timely for the father’s day, i’ve screenshot your recipe! Looks so delish and easy to prepare.
Thank you! I hop you enjoy it!
so beautifully and simply prepared delicious roasted chicken 🙂 thank you for sharing the recipe
What a nice post! This looks so tasty. Chicken can sometimes get dry, but this looks wonderful! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
This looks soooo delicious! I’ve never tired roast a whole chicken before and this doesn’t look complicated at all. I’ll have to try it some time.
Um YUM!!! That’s about all I have to say. This looks so delicious, and the best part is it’s so simple.
I love anything where the prep time is so minimal. And this definitely looks delicious. I always love trying out different things with my daughter and I am sure she and I would love this. Will test it out soon.
This looks so delicious! This looks so tasty. Thanks for sharing!
I love making a roasted chicken during the week here too. Sadly, there are never any leftovers when you are feeding a family of 7 unless I make two.
Thanks! this is a great simple recipe similar to what I do every family gatherings and friends coming over.
It looks like an easy and simple to be made recipe. My third daughter love eating chicken foods. Pinned the recipe. Thank you very much.
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What weight for the chicken?? What internal temp to cook it at?? Being impatient, I followed the time on the instructions to a “T” and ended up with raw chicken near the bone. OK, simply stated: make sure you have an internal temp of 165 degrees. This may take longer than 1 hour depending on the size of your chicken…
Very similar to my whole roasted chicken.. just need needs a carb side!!
I love eating this with roasted potatoes and veggies!