Garlic Butter Roasted Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken
  

• 1 onion, roughly chopped
  

• 2 carrots, roughly chopped

• 1lb of potatoes
  

• Cilantro Garlic butter
  

• Olive oil (for drizzling)
  

• Salt
  

• Black pepper
  

• 2 lemons, cut in halves
  

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 360°F. Place a rack in the middle of the oven with no shelf above it.
   
   

2. Prepare the roasting base:
   Scatter the chopped onion, carrots, and potatoes  across the bottom of a roasting pan.
   
   

3. Prepare the chicken:
   

• Use a spoon to gently separate the skin from the chicken breasts.
  

• Spread garlic butter under the skin.
  

• Rub more garlic butter all over the outside of the chicken.
  
  

4. Season the chicken:
   

• Drizzle olive oil over the potatoes and chicken
  

• Season generously with salt and black pepper.
  
  

5. Season the cavity:
   Add salt and pepper inside the cavity, then stuff with the lemon halves.
   
   

6. Roast the chicken:
   Place the chicken in the oven and cook for 80–90 minutes, depending on the chicken’s weight.
   
   

7. Baste regularly:
   Every 20 minutes, spoon the juices from the pan over the chicken for extra flavor and moisture.