Oven Roasted Chicken & Vegetables

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Oven Roasted Chicken & Vegetables

Author Catherine's Plates

Ingredients

  • 1 (3-4 lb) whole chicken cleaned out and patted dry
  • 4-5 carrots peeled and cut into chunks
  • 4-5 celery stalks cut into chunks
  • 2 onions any color, cut into chunks
  • 2 lbs small potatoes cut into halves
  • fresh rosemary, thyme, sage 2-3 sprigs of each
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
  • Parsley dried
  • 1 lemon cut into half
  • 1 whole garlic bulb cut into half

butter spread

  • 1 stick butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 tsp thyme dried
  • 1/2 tsp rosemary dried
  • 1 tsp Paprika
  • 1 tsp Parsley dried
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp sage dried
  • 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  • Lightly oil a baking pan.
  • Place vegetables into baking pan and salt, pepper, sprinkle parsley over vegetables. Place sprigs of fresh rosemary, thyme, and sage on top of vegetables.
  • In a small bowl, mix together the butter spread ingredients.
  • Loosed the skin from around the breast and drumstick area of whole chicken being very careful to not tear the skin. Place under the skin some of the butter spread and spread evenly. Rub more of the butter spread all over the chicken. Place remaining butter spread into cavity of chicken.
  • Place 1/2 lemon and both 1/2 halves of garlic bulb into cavity. Place other 1/2 of lemon next to garlic bulbs.
  • Place chicken on top of vegetables in baking pan.
  • Place in preheated oven for 1 to 1 1/4 hours or until internal temperature reached 165 degrees. (Tent the chicken with tinfoil the last 10-15 minutes of cooking time to prevent over browning.