Baked Chicken Dinner
- 1 whole chicken, 4 lbs, washed and patted dry
- 2 cloves garlic
- Salt
- Pepper
- Fresh herbs: tarragon, rosemary or thyme
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1 onion, peeled and halved
- 3 parsnips, peeled and chopped into 3 inch pieces
- 3 carrots, peeled and chopped into 3 inch pieces
- 3 potatoes, quartered
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Splash white wine
- 1 cup chicken stock
- Chopped fresh herbs
- Salt
- Pepper
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Remove giblet bag from chicken's cavity.
- Season cavity well with salt and pepper.
- Chop up garlic with salt and herbs.
- Mash garlic mixture with butter.
- Slide butter mixture under breast skin of chicken and next to legs.
- Stuff cavity with onion and whole herbs.
- Place chicken into roasting pan.
- Roast for 30 minutes at 425 and then reduce heat to 375.
- In a large bowl, toss vegetables with olive oil and add to roasting pan.
- Roast chicken for another 40 minutes.
- Occasionally baste chicken with pan juices.
- To check chicken for doneness, prick leg with knife and press to see juices.
- If the juices run clear, then the chicken is done.
- Remove from oven and let sit for 15 minutes.
- Remove roasted vegetables to a side dish and keep warm in oven.
- Place roasting pan on stove burner over medium heat.
- Add wine and chicken stock.
- Stir and rub bottom of pan to scrape up brown bits.
- Bring to a simmer and season with salt and pepper.
- Serve hot
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/baked-chicken-dinner-recipe.html (may not work)