This is, without a doubt, my favorite way to cook a chicken. And to be honest, I use this same method in either the oven or in the smoker (we love our Traeger). There is very minimal time and effort and the amount of flavor and food that you get from it is pretty impressive.
Favorite Chicken Recipe
I usually make 3-4 of these roasted chickens at a time, because if you’re going to put in the time to make one, you might as well make 4. We use the cooked chicken in a variety of recipes, in addition to just eating the cooked meat dipped in some of our favorite sauces.
How we use the chicken:
- Egg Drop Soup
- Cobb Salad
- Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Casserole
- Chicken Salad
- Chicken Bacon Artichoke Pizza
Our favorite chicken dips:
Making Bone Broth
So now that you’ve cooked 4 chickens and found all sorts of ways to use the meat, what do you do with the carcass and leftover veggies & herbs? Make chicken bone broth, of course! Using my Instant Pot method, you’ll get gallons of broth from these 4 carcasses, which will keep you healthy all through flu season (it did for us, at least). Plus you can use that broth in various other recipes when you need just a splash or two on hand.
Slow Roasted Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 4-5 lb Whole Chicken
- 1/4 cup Grass-Fed Butter, or ghee (for dairy-free and Whole30)
- 1/2 small Yellow Onion
- 3 cloves Garlic
- 3-4 sprigs Fresh Thyme, Rosemary, & Sage, a combo of all 3 is best
- Salt
- Ground Black Pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 225°F. Line a roasting pane with foil (not required but makes cleanup much easier). Set aside.
- Remove neck and packet of organs from the chicken's cavity. Set aside. Under cold running water, rinse the entire chicken, inside and out. Pat it dry, again, inside and out. Set on a small platter or plate large enough for the chicken.
- Gently separate the breast meat from skin. Smush the softened butter under the skin, covering all the meat. It's easier to place the butter in there, then gently press it all around from outside the skin (slightly less messy as well).
- Moderately season with salt and pepper all over the outside (top, bottom, sides, creases, everywhere). Add some to the cavity as well. Stuff the cavity with the onions, garlic, and fresh herbs.
- Cover the cavity with the flap of skin, cross the legs over that, and tie them together with twine. Tuck the wings back and underneath the bird and cover the wings with foil.
- Roast in the preheated oven for approximately 30 minutes per lb, or until an internal temp (tested in the thickest part of the breast, away from bone) reaches 160°F. For a 3 1/2 lb chicken, this is about 2 1/2 hours. Remove the foil from the wings in the last 30 minutes.
- When the internal temperature reaches 160°F, remove the chicken from the oven and lightly cover with foil for 10 minutes before carving.
- User the leftover carcass and veggies to make a homemade bone broth.
Notes
- Nutrition Facts do not include veggies stuffed in the chicken (since we don't eat those, we use them to make our Bone Broth).
- Nutrition Facts are based on a 5 lb chicken.
Nutrition Information
Yield 8Amount Per Serving Calories 343Total Fat 26gSaturated Fat 9gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 117mgSodium 145mgProtein 25g
Nutrition is calculated by a third party and may not be 100% accurate
superfighters
Friday 12th of March 2021
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CeCe
Friday 2nd of October 2020
3-1/2 lb chicken at 30 minutes per pound is not 2-1/2 hours. Maybe you meant to say a 5 lb chicken? So it’s really only 30 minutes per pound at 225? So it would only be 1-3/4 hours for a 3.5 lb chicken? I’ve no experience at 225 degrees for a chicken. Thanks.
happy wheels
Saturday 23rd of November 2019
Chicken looks do delicious. Gonna try this recipe .
fnaf
Saturday 22nd of June 2019
Slowly grilled chicken is a delicious and nutritious dish I really love this slow grilled chicken. I will save the recipe to learn how to make this dish. thanks a lot.
run 3
Sunday 12th of May 2019
Thanks for sharing this recipe. Who doesn't love to eat delicious chicken. Roasted chicken is my favorite. Gonna cook it for sure.