Going to make a whole roast chicken for the first time ever. Any tips? What kind of seasonings do you use etc
Probe thermometer.
Shove some Onions, carrots, celery, bay leaves, butter, thyme, parsley and half a lemon in that bitch.
>>7206225
Follow this recipe, it's the best roast chicken I've ever made:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wk2cYarjOI
>>7206251
Preach.
Although I follow Chef John's version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wk2cYarjOI
It's pretty hard to fuck up.
>>7206225
If you can do better than a supermarket chicken I'd advise doing so. Depending on where you live this could be a chicken from a local farm, a free-range heritage breed bird from an upscale grocery or a Buddhist chicken from an Asian market. Anything with normal proportions instead of tiny little legs compared to a giant breast.
These birds are more expensive, but they're more flavorful, so you don't need any tricks to make them tasty.
Make sure it's on a rack.
Make sure you pat the chicken dry.
Salt and pepper, nothing else is necessary.
