Brother's Birthday Dinner

Roasted Chicken

Brother's birthday was on Thursday and I decided to make a nice dinner for him to enjoy when he got back from the big scary law library. I had been planning to bake him cookies (chocolate chip, of course), so dessert was covered. This also happened to be the day that I realized I had $0 left for groceries, soooo I had to be a little frugal. Hence...

...roasted chicken! So versatile! Sure, you can buy a rotisserie chicken at your supermarket for $5 or so, but it's much more economical to roast a chicken yourself. Granted, if you're low on time, it's quicker to just get one that's already made. Roasting a chicken, though, takes about 10 minutes of prep work and then you just pop that baby in the oven. Really!

Roasted Chicken

Recipe...

1) Preheat oven to 400℉ if using a non-glass baking dish or roasting pan. Preheat to 350℉ if using a glass pan.

2) Rinse the chicken in cold water and pat dry with paper towel.

3) Place in a foil-lined roasting pan or baking dish. Stuff the chicken with a quartered onion, lemon slices, fresh herbs, or whatever you have.

4) Rub with butter and season with Seasoned Salt and black pepper on the inside and outside.

5) Roast the chicken about 15 minutes per pound. Use a meat thermometer to check the chicken.

So what do you do once you've roasted that chicken?

Well, you could eat it as is with a side dish of some sort. You could serve it with BBQ sauce. Save the leftovers to add some protein to a salad, make chicken salad, a BBQ chicken sandwich, add some to your chicken-flavored Top Ramen. :)

Next on the blog line-up... Mom's BBQ sauce. Keep an eye out for it!