Roast chicken is one of those lovely, easy meals that make your house smell good and feed your soul. When I roast a chicken I feel competent and thrifty and happy! This version is never going to replace my basic roast chicken using lemon and olive oil, but it was a nice change of pace and made Sunday dinner a little more exciting than usual. Try it and let me know if you like it better than your old standby.
PrintOrange Rosemary Chicken
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 whole Chicken
- 1 sprig Rosemary
- 1 orange
- 1 stick butter
- sprinkle of salt
Instructions
- Remove any of the innards left in the chicken, rinse thoroughly and sprinkle with a little salt
- Chop the rosemary and mix it in the butter
- Cut the orange in half and squeeze a little juice in the butter
- Put the butter all over the top of the chicken (I realize this is a little extreme, you can use less butter if you care about your health and weight)
- Put the orange in the chicken cavity and roast in a skillet or roasting pan in a preheated 425 degree oven until a meat thermometer reaches 165 degrees (about an hour to an hour and a half)
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This is lovely with a glass of white wine and a green salad and the leftovers are wonderful!
This post is in honor of the letter “E” and part of Jenny Matlock’s Alphabet Thursday. For more excellent “E” posts, please click here jennymatlock.blogspot.com/
Does it look like you changed blogs, or is it just me? I like the set up! Wow that roasted chicken couldn’t be easier:) Am going to send it to my son, who likes to host parties. Great for “poor” students:) Thanks for sharing!
Hi JeshStG,
I have a new format! I see you found the recipe for Alpha Thursday, the new recipes are just one down from the top. Let me know if your son tries it!
RMW
Looks relish ~ bet you are a great cook ~
Happy Week to You,
artmusedog and carol
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That does look yummy!
I always toss whole chickens into the crock pot to roast, and we miss that lovely browned skin. I’ll have to give this a try…maybe even with a turkey. 🙂
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WolfSong,
Ummm…Turkey sounds good! It might be a nice Holiday idea!
RMW
I don’t eat chicken anymore but I still love the smell of it roasting!
This recipe DOES look EXCELLENT! I have two whole chickens in my freezer that I have been wanting to roast. I’m a little nervous, but I think I’m going to try your recipe. Thank you!
I left a comment this morning, but it looks like it didn’t stick…. trying again using gravatar….
The chicken look delicious, and most importantly, it’s easy peasy!!
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Yay!! It worked!!
Hi SaraBeth,
Thanks for coming back to make sure the comment appeared!
You’re so cool!!!
RMW
yes, sure that chicken is very rich !!!
I had to stop and figure out how to get to the Alphabe-Thursday post, but I made it! I love the smell of roast chicken cooking. We’ve had some rainy weather lately and I chose one day to make roast sticky chicken. Have you ever tried it? It’s cooks very slowly at 250 degrees for five hours, but the smell is wonderful! I think you can probably google to find the recipe. I know I found it online some years back.
Wonderful….love your new website. BBQ grilled chicken is my favorite, but this is a close second♪ http://lauriekazmierczak.com/el-paso/
I can already tell you that your roast chicken is better than my standby, which is roast chicken from Costco or the supermarket. I like seeing all that butter on top of the chicken. Maybe I’d do a mixture of olive oil and butter. Maybe.
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Wow! I love the new look. I also love this delicious chicken recipe.
Your recipes always look so delicious!
There is nothing more excellent than the smell of a chicken roasting with rosemary.
This actually made my mouth water!
I’d be super excited to have a leftover chicken sandwich the next day, too!
Thanks for an endearingly delicious link to the letter E.
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Ooh orange and rosemary! I’ve never thought to have that combo before but it sounds fabulous RMW. You always come up with great ideas 😀