If I had a dollar for every chicken I had roasted, well I’d be a penny behind Elon Musk! I remember my mother roasting chicken for the family on a Sunday. I’d walk in the house at dinner time to this amazing smell wafting through the kitchen. Even at the palace roast chicken was often on the menu, but not as often as it was when I started cooking for prince William and harry. They loved it, even asked for it to be on the menu.
Here I take the worry out of roasting a chicken at home with just a few simple steps and even fewer ingredients and share a delicious chicken gravy to compliment it.
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Roast Chicken
Serves 4
1 3-4lb whole chicken (organic/air chilled)
2 TBS Kosher salt
2 TBS flour
1 cup chicken broth (more if needed)
1 pinch black pepper
serve with mashed potatoes
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Farenheit. Remove the chicken from the refrigerator 30 minutes before cooking.
Place the chicken on a tray and sprinkle liberally with salt all over. Place the chicken onto a wire rack over a baking sheet and place in the oven. Cook for 1 hour 15 minutes or until the internal temperature is 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove the chicken from the oven and to a plate to rest.
Scrape the pan juices into a saucepan on the stove and add the flour and stir. heat the tray over the stove and add the chicken broth. Carefully stir while scraping any sediment off the bottom of the tray. once all of the sediment has been released add it all to the pan. Stir and heat. Add more chicken broth as needed to correct the consistency and season with the black pepper.
Break the chicken into four portions and serve with the chicken gravy and mashed potatoes.
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