Tarragon-Roasted Chicken With Mushrooms And Potatoes
- 1 (3-pound) roasting chicken
- Cooking spray
- 8 tarragon sprigs
- 4 medium red potatoes, halved (about 1 1/4 pounds)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper, divided
- 6 cups quartered mushrooms (about 1 pound)
- Preheat oven to 500u0b0.
- Remove and discard giblets and neck from the chicken. Rinse chicken under cold water, and pat dry. Trim excess fat from chicken. Place chicken, breast side up, on the rack of a broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Place tarragon sprigs in body cavity of chicken. Arrange potatoes around chicken, and sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper over potatoes. Insert meat thermometer into meaty part of thigh, making sure not to touch bone.
- Bake at 500u0b0 for 15 minutes; turn potatoes. Add mushrooms; sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Bake at 500u0b0 for an additional 15 minutes. Stir mushrooms and bake at 500u0b0 for an additional 15 minutes or until thermometer registers 180u0b0 and chicken juices run clear. Discard skin.
roasting chicken, cooking spray, tarragon, red potatoes, salt, pepper, mushrooms
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/tarragon-roasted-chicken-with-mushrooms-potatoes (may not work)