I need to get better at posting the new recipes I've been trying! I'll work on that :)
Last week I cooked a whole chicken in the oven for the first time and it turned out deliciously!! I usually cook my whole chickens in a crockpot....but I think i liked it roasted in the oven better....it was more crisp, juicy and this recipe had AMAZING flavor!
Just look at this yumminess!
GARLIC/BASIL CHICKEN:
*1 whole chicken
*1 1/2 cups water
*1 onion, slivered thinly
*5 cloves chopped garlic
*10 fresh basil leaves, chopped
*1 tablespoon oil
*1 teaspoon salt
*½ teaspoon black pepper
*½ teaspoon onion powder
*½ teaspoon garlic powder
*1 teaspoon dried basil leaves
Preheat oven to 375
Work half of garlic, some onion slices, and half of basil under the skin of the chicken breast.
Rub oil over the whole chicken breast
Season chicken with salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, dried basil. Sprinkle the remaining fresh basil on top.
Place chicken breast side up on a rack inside a roasting pan.
Pour water into bottom of pan and add remaingin garlic and onion slices in the water around the chicken
Place a loose canopy of foil over the chicken, like a tent. and bake on middle rack for 1 1/2 hrs.
Remove chicken, remove foil, preheat oven to 425 and roast chicken another 10 minutes, or until nice and browned
Enjoy!!
Let me know if you try this and how you like it!!
recipe found at: http://mamadweeb.com/2013/09/roasted-garlic-basil-chicken/
