Showing posts with label roast chicken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roast chicken. Show all posts

Friday, March 26, 2010

The Only 20 Things You will Ever Need to Know How to Cook...part 2

We continue with Glamour's twenty recipes with a recipe for Roasted Chicken and "Gimme Seconds" Veggies

if you missed the first two recipes, check out this post

The easiest roast chicken ever

  1. Preheat oven to 425°F and place chicken on a rack in a roasting pan or cast-iron skillet.
  2. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
  3. Cook the chicken 15 minutes for each pound, plus 15 minutes. (A 3-pound bird: 15 minutes x 3 + 15 minutes = 60 minutes.) It's done when you prick with a fork and the juices run clear. Got more prep time? Zap 3 garlic cloves, the zest of 1 lemon (finely grate the peel, avoiding white stuff), and the leaves of 2 rosemary sprigs in a mini-chop or blender for 15 seconds; spread puree under the skin before cooking (lift skin up easily from near the cavity).

"Gimme seconds" veggies

Chop 4 cups of your veggies of choice (cauliflower, zucchini, whatever) and toss on a cookie sheet or two with 2 tbsp. olive oil, plenty of salt, pepper and a few sprigs of rosemary or thyme. Pop into a 400oF oven for 30 minutes (flip veggies halfway through), and voilĂ !