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Easy Roast Chicken Recipe

February 21, 2021 · Stephanie · Leave a Comment

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We love a Sunday family dinner with all the trimmings to celebrate the end of a restful weekend and the beginning of a busy week ahead. One of our favorite, and frankly easy meals to cook is a roasted chicken. While most of the time, we roast our chicken beginning to end in the oven, this recipe takes advantage of the chicken cooked as part of our Homemade Chicken Broth. via @CookLikeaGreek

We love a Sunday family dinner with all the trimmings to celebrate the end of a restful weekend and the beginning of a busy week ahead. One of our favorite, and frankly easy, meals to cook is a roasted chicken. While most of the time, we roast our chicken beginning to end in the oven, this recipe takes advantage of the chicken cooked as part of our Homemade Chicken Broth.

Once the broth is done, we remove the chicken and roast it to a golden brown. What is extra nice about preparing the chicken this way, is that the meat literally falls off the bones and is incredibly moist. You can save the chicken broth, which will keep 3-4 days in the refrigerator, and use it during the week as a base for soup or freeze the broth for up to 3 months for a later use.

To round off your Sunday Family feast serve the roasted chicken with our Greek Roasted Lemon Potatoes or our Cretan Style Pilafi.

Kali Orexi!

HOW TO MAKE OUR EASY ROAST CHICKEN RECIPE

  1. Begin by following the recipe for our Homemade Chicken Broth.
  2. Once the chicken broth is done, you have a nicely cooked chicken. We like to take an extra step and roast the chicken in the oven for a bit so that the skin becomes golden brown. Using two large cooking spoons, very carefully place the spoons under the chicken on opposite ends of each other and lift the chicken out of the pot and place into a roasting pan, breast side down. Remove the carrots, celery and onion from the pot and place around the chicken. Pour some extra virgin olive oil over the chicken. Rub 1 teaspoon (about 1 large clove) of finely minced garlic over the chicken. Sprinkle with dried Greek oregano, salt and pepper to taste. Finally, pour 3/4 cup of the chicken broth into the bottom of the roasting pan.
  3. Roast chicken and vegetables in oven for 30 minutes, basting once after 15 minutes.
  4. Remove from the oven and place on a serving platter with vegetables. Serve with our Greek Roasted Lemon Potatoes or our Cretan Style Pilafi.

Easy Roast Chicken Recipe

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Easy Roast Chicken Recipe

Course Main Course
Cuisine Greek
Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes minutes
Total Time 35 minutes minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 83kcal

Ingredients

  • Chicken from Homemade Chicken Broth Recipe see link below
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp finely minced garlic about one large clove
  • 1 tbsp Greek oregano
  • salt and pepper to taste

Homemade Chicken Broth Recipe

Instructions

  • Begin by following the recipe for our Homemade Chicken Broth.
  • Once the chicken broth is done, you have a nicely cooked chicken. We like to take an extra step and roast the chicken in the oven for a bit so that the skin becomes golden brown. Preheat your oven to 400° F. Using two large cooking spoons, very carefully place the spoons under the chicken on opposite ends of each other and lift the chicken out of the pot and place into a roasting pan, breast side down. Remove the carrots, celery and onion from the pot and place around the chicken in the roasting pan.
  • Pour 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil over the chicken. Rub 1 teaspoon (about 1 large clove) of finely minced garlic over the chicken. Sprinkle with 1 tbsp Greek oregano, salt and pepper to taste. Finally, pour 3/4 cup of the chicken broth into the bottom of the roasting pan.
  • Roast chicken and vegetables in oven for 30 minutes, basting once after 15 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and place on a serving platter with vegetables. Serve with our Greek Roasted Lemon Potatoes or our Cretan Style Pilafi.

Nutrition

Calories: 83kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 13mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 14IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutrition Facts
Easy Roast Chicken Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 83 Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Sodium 1mg0%
Potassium 13mg0%
Carbohydrates 1g0%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 14IU0%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 14mg1%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Hi and WELCOME to Cook Like a Greek! We’re Lizz and Stephanie, a mother-daughter team living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Living under the same roof again, after many years apart, we noticed how much we enjoyed being in the kitchen and cooking together. It has brought us even closer, and we saw it as an opportunity to create and share traditional Greek family recipes with our family and friends.

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