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Once your bird is clean and dry, the absolute easiest and fool-proof flavors to use are lemon, garlic, salt, and pepper. Done and done, delicious.
I’ll cut up one whole bulb of garlic and one whole lemon and shove the pieces inside. Then I squeeze a lemon over the chicken. Then I sprinkle the bird with salt and pepper on top.
Sometimes I add uncooked bacon to the top. This increases the flavor, keeps moisture in, and, bonus! Keeps the skin from burning.
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This, and similar posts about cooking, really strike me. I grew up cooking, so being worried about this stuff never occurs to me. My mom told me that when she first got married, she just put everything in the oven at 400 deg for an hour, because she didn’t know anything else. She had good success with that technique, and I have also. If you feel unsure in the kitchen, I recommend this technique because it will help you confidently cook pretty much anything that comes your way. I also recommend getting a meat thermometer, mine has cheater marks – so if I am cooking a pork roast, I just cook it until it reached the “pork” mark.
You are so lucky!
I’m glad you posted this! I want to try the apple-onion flavor combination. Also, love the sense of humor throughout the post!
That one does sound yummy! Glad you liked the post!
I appreciated reading about your need to pump yourself up. I’ve been pumping myself up to cook offal for about a year… I am a very insecure/perfectionist cook. It drives me AND my husband crazy. Your self-deprecating way helps me not feel so inferior and more capable of doing something. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for reading! Glad it helped a little.
I’ve gotten more comfortable w/ roasting whole chickens in the last year or so, and haven’t quite determined why some people say absolutely and others say absolutely not to oiling the bird before roasting it, so if I’m feeling a bit more daring (in terms of close birdy contact) I’ll rub coconut oil under and over the skin. Have you tried it in the crock pot? That’s my next feat and it’s happening this weekend
Yes, crock pot chickens are delish!
I love this post! I had the same anxiety about cooking a whole bird. It just seemed so complicated, and the thought of guts was just too much. Finally, one day I just went to the farmer’s market and bought a whole chicken. That way, I had no choice but to cook it. I couldn’t believe how simple it was! Now I have a roast chicken at least once a month. Can’t wait to try one of your flavor combos for the next one!
Good for you!!!