Yum-o Roast Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 broiler-fryer chicken
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 -4 carrots, peeled and sliced into bite sized pieces
• 4 -5 small red potatoes, cubed
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 2 -4 celery ribs, sliced into bit sized pieces
• 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, minced
• 2 -3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 3 bay leaves

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 melt butter in small bowl.
• 3 add garlic, thyme and rosemary to butter and set aside.
• 4 prepare chicken (rinse off pat dry etc -- ) set in a 13x9 dish.
• 5 separate the skin from the breasts and drumsticks of the chicken so you can fit your and in between the meat and skin.
• 6 heat up olive oil in a sauté pan over medium heat.
• 7 add onion and sauté until translucent and soft.
• 8 while onions cook put potatoes carrots and celery into dish around the chicken.
• 9 now it gets fun and yummy!
• 10 spoon some of the onions into the cavity of the chicken
• 11 put one bay leaf in the cavity along with the onion.
• 12 spoon some more under the skin of the chicken breasts and drumsticks.
• 13 put one bay leaf under the skin of each breast.
• 14 put the rest of the onions in the dish along with the other veggies.
• 15 spoon some of the herb butter under the skin of the chicken.
• 16 pour the rest of the herb butter onto the chicken
• 17 put into the oven and bake for 40-50 minutes or until chicken in cooked through and enjoy!