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Every time I think about going vegetarian, I crave Simply Roasted Chicken.
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While I love eating mostly vegetarian, I just can’t give up the bird. |
Roasting your own chicken is cheaper than buying one. Most importantly, you can choose a chicken based on your wallet and ethics (generic, bulk, free range, organic, etc…) and adjust the seasonings to your palate or dietary needs.
Making roast chicken at home is not only easy but rewarding, giving you meal options for the whole week.
After carving the chicken into pieces, I like to wrap up half the pieces and refrigerate them for other meals. For a great mid-week low carb dinner, we like to make chicken lettuce wraps with either Asian or Tex Mex fillings. Remove the bones and skin and shred the chicken meat. Place chicken meat on Boston or Romaine lettuce leaves and top with your favorite fillings, such as spicy ginger coleslaw or salsa, grated mild cheese and sour cream.
Add shredded, chopped or sautéed chicken to casseroles, quiches, omelets, salads and sandwiches.
Roast a chicken or two on Sunday or Monday and you have menu options all week long, from soup to potpie and beyond!
I like to make my own “roast chicken” spice blend. Because our family likes spicier food, the spice blend below includes chili powder, cumin and just a hint of red pepper/cayenne.
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However, feel free to edit the spice blend to suit your own taste or just use your favorite premixed spice blend.
It’s best to keep the spice blend basic and add more flavors to the chicken later for your other recipes.
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| Bake chicken at 400 F convection or 425 F for 90 minutes+, depending on the size of your chicken. Cook chicken to an internal temperature of 170 F. ( If you don’t have a meat thermometer, buy one at the grocery store! They are very inexpensive and essential to insuring that your chicken and all your meats are cooked through.) |
I think you will love this simply roasted chicken.
This basic recipe is your best kept secret to faster, easier meal times all week long!
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Variations
Now that you know how to roast a chicken, expand this technique to roast pork or turkey breast. Use the same spice mix or check out the recipe links from Barefoot Contessa recipes below:
Roast Pork Loin
Roast Turkey
This is my favorite chicken!! Love it!