Juicy Roasted Chicken recipe

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Ingredients

1 (3 pound) whole chicken, giblets removed
salt and black pepper to taste
1 tablespoon onion powder, or to taste
½ cup margarine, divided
1 stalk celery, leaves removed

Nutrition Info

423.1 calories
carbohydrate: 1.2 g
cholesterol: 97 mg
fat: 32.1 g
fiber: 0.2 g
protein: 30.9 g
saturatedFat: 7.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 661.9 mg
sugar: 0.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. Place chicken in a roasting pan, and season generously inside and out with salt and pepper. Sprinkle inside and out with onion powder. Place 3 tablespoons margarine in the chicken cavity. Arrange dollops of the remaining margarine around the chicken's exterior. Cut the celery into 3 or 4 pieces, and place in the chicken cavity.

  3. Bake uncovered 1 hour and 15 minutes in the preheated oven, to a minimum internal temperature of 180 degrees F (82 degrees C). Remove from heat, and baste with melted margarine and drippings. Cover with aluminum foil, and allow to rest about 30 minutes before serving.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

My grandmother's recipe for roasted chicken. We are German and she used to do it this way all the time. I never have had a chicken this juicy before;this little trick works and makes the people eating it go silent. It's funny. We nibble on the celery after.

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