Simple Roasted Chicken (SCD, GAPS, Paleo, Poultry)

So my friends this is a very very easy recipe! I feel bad even calling it a recipe, but for lack of a better word that’s what I will call it!

I tend to make a roast chicken almost weekly because it is just that simple and the leftovers last for days.

I was out with a couple friends the other day and they asked me “how do you have time to make all the food that you do?”

I had never really thought about “making time” to cook, it’s just something that I do. A lot! Don’t get me wrong, it is time consuming making all my own food. But it is such a habit now that I don’t even think of it as extra work. It’s just part of my routine. And no I don’t make food everyday. I tend to cook in batches. I make a lot of food on the weekends that I am not working and then 2-3 nights a week I will make a couple things each night that will last me for my meals the rest of the week. This becomes more challenging the months that I have a lot of in house call and don’t see my home for days at a time, but again it just requires a little planning. On those months my post call days will be filled with cooking or baking that will last me for a few days. Then the cycle repeats.

I also have a lot of “go to meals” that I make a lot. This chicken is one of those meals. I will try to post more of my standbys, but they are usually pretty simple so I didn’t really feel they were blog worthy… But let me know what you think about this one and I can post some very simple meals in the future.

Alright enough rambling! Time to cook us a chicken!

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Simple Roasted Chicken

I tend to make a roast chicken almost weekly because it is just that simple and the leftovers last for days. This is so easy you'll start doing it, too!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword how to cook a whole chicken, whole roast chicken

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes

Servings 8 servings

Calories 330 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken antibiotic, hormone free and locally raised if possible
• 3 tbsp organic or grass-fed butter
• paprika
• dried basil
• Simply Organic Italian seasoning

Instructions

1. Remove chicken from packing and place in large baking dish (I use a metal one, but glass also works)

2. Place butter in microwave safe dish and microwave for 20-25 seconds on high

3. With your fingers spread melted butter over entire chicken, coating outside

4. Cover chicken with your spices

5. Preheat oven to 350 F

6. Place chicken in oven

7. Bake uncovered for 45 minutes and then cover with tinfoil and cook for another 30 minutes (the cooking time will vary slightly with the size of your chicken... the bigger the chicken the longer you will need)

8. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

You want to know an easy way to tell if your chicken is fully cooked? Feel how mobile the legs are. If they move around easily you are done! If they are still stiff then you need to keep cooking! Yep just a little tid bit from me to you.

Nutrition Facts

Simple Roasted Chicken

Amount Per Serving

Calories 330 Calories from Fat 225

% Daily Value*

Fat 25g38%

Saturated Fat 9g56%

Trans Fat 1g

Polyunsaturated Fat 5g

Monounsaturated Fat 10g

Cholesterol 113mg38%

Sodium 129mg6%

Potassium 258mg7%

Carbohydrates 1g0%

Sugar 1g1%

Protein 25g50%

Vitamin A 322IU6%

Vitamin C 2mg2%

Calcium 16mg2%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Seriously easy! The worst part of this is waiting for the chicken to cook! And don’t throw out your chicken bones! Keep them to make your chicken broth.

You want to know an easy way to tell if your chicken is fully cooked? Feel how mobile the legs are. If they move around easily you are done! If they are still stiff then you need to keep cooking! Yep just a little tid bit from me to you.

Do any of you roast chickens? What do you put on yours?