Recipe for a whole chicken

Two of the easiest and most basic ideas would be either put it in the oven and bake/roast...you could chunk up veggies and roast them too to serve with it and make an easy meal. Or, stew it by putting it in a pot and cover with water. Add chopped celery, carrots, and onions and salt and pepper. Take the cooked chicken out of the pot and allow the broth to continue to simmer to condense the flavor of your stock while you pull the meat off of the bones. Add back the meat along with rice or noodles to make soup. Of course if you're not feeding a large family once it's you could use half of the stewed or roasted chicken to make chicken tacos or enchiladas or a chicken chili etc. so you're not stuck trying to eat a huge pot of soup by yourself.

Baste it with some lime juice and sprinkle with salt and pepper and bake it at 350 for about an hour or so (until fully cooked - check this with a thermometer). It's delicious.

Something I saw recently that I am dying to try is roasting a chicken in a bundt pan on a cookie sheet with potatoes in the bottom of the bundt pan. I think it was on the new Food Network show the Kitchen.

As far as seasoning I like Herbs de Provence and seasoning salt for roast chicken. Lemon pepper with lemon in the cavity of the chicken. The rub below is great on chicken, fish and pork.

Herb Medley Rub
Source: http://soupspiceeverythingnice.blogspot.com/2012/10/cedar-planked-salmon.html

1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp lemon pepper
1/4 tsp dried rosemary

In a small bowl, mix all the rub ingredients until crushed and combined. Or using a mortar and pestle, grind until combined.

Go to Foodnetwork.com. Look up "Engagement Chicken". It is a recipe by Ina Garten that I have used over and over. Super simple, just need lemons, garlic and an onion. I don't make the sauce for it, but the chicken is super moist and delicious done in the oven.

I saw that on a show on Food Network just the other day! I am interested to see how it turns out too! Good luck to both of us! :bigsmile:

I have a whole chicken and I have no idea what to do with it besides throw it in the crockpot...any ideas as far as seasonings and recipes?

You can't go wrong with a basic Simon and Garfunkle chicken = parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme!!!

Roast that sucker at 425 for about 45 - 50 minutes. Or spatchcock grill it for about 25-30 minutes (depending on size).

I usually throw in some garlic and olive oil to rub all over the bird, then I stuff the herbs under the skin as much as possible and rub the rest over the entire bird. It's really hard to mess this up and it always tastes great!!


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