Simple Roast Chicken with Rosemary

Something else. I combined this recipe with another one from AllRecipes for lemon chicken. I added the rosemary and onion, but then also rubbed the bird with olive oil, a lot of salt, and the juice from one lemon. The lemon halves then went inside with the rosemary and onion and I added a clove of garlic (will add more next time). I poured a mug of water over it and roasted it for 2 1/2 hours and it was amazing. It was my first time ever cooking a whole chicken and everyone was super impressed. Best to keep the dripping as thats where most of the flavour is. Amazing once poured over top of the meat.  -  08 Oct 2008

Something else. This was delicious with all the alterations offered by reviewers. I made the following suggestions based upon all the reviews: *cooked on rack to have crispy bottom *added quartered potatoes (skin on) and carrots to the bottom of tin with some salt and pepper *baked for about 2.5 hours *really stuffed cavity full with rosemary, salt, garlic cloves, lemon halves and onion quarters *Rubbed outside with olive oil *sprinkled outside with rosemary garlic, and fresh ground pepper *dumped tub of chicken stock in the tin with vegetables Sounds like a lot of work, but I was able to get it into the oven in 15 minutes and wow did it smell incredible! Served with some Chardonnay and fresh tomatoes. Enjoy! My kids and husband sure did. I only wish I would have made an extra one at same time to have for salads, sandwiches, etc. this week.  -  08 Oct 2008

Used different ingredients. Excellent! Not the least bit dry. I too used a little olive oil on the skin before baking. I will definately be making this again.  -  08 Oct 2008