Roast Chicken With Herb Butter Onions And Garlic Recipes

Steps:

• The day before roasting, combine butter in a bowl with zest of one lemon (reserving the lemon), garlic, chives, and thyme. Season with salt and pepper and mix to combine. Dry the chicken with paper towels and place on a roasting pan fitted with a rack. Season chicken with salt and pepper, inside and out. Using your fingers, gently release the skin from the breast on either side of the breast bone. Place a heaping tablespoon of the compound butter under the skin on each side and smooth down to coat each breast. Do the same at the other end, where the thigh joins the open cavity. Distribute the remaining butter on each side under the leg skin. Place chicken in the refrigerator, uncovered, to allow the skin to dry.
• The next day, preheat the oven to 500 degrees F. Roughly chop the celery, onion, and carrot and place inside the chicken cavity, along with leftover herb stems and half the zested lemon. Cut the baguette to approximately the length of the chicken and place, open-faced, on a rimmed baking sheet. Lay the chicken on top of it. Pour water or chicken stock in the pan so the bread doesn't burn. Bake, 10-12 minutes.
• After 10 minutes, chicken will begin to brown. Add more water or stock to the pan if the bread looks too dark. Reduce oven temp to 400 F and continue cooking, 35-55 minutes, depending on chicken size. (Final internal temperature should be 165 degrees F at the thickest part of the thigh.)
• Test the chicken for doneness by sticking a knife into the thickest part of the thigh-the juices should run clear (i.e., not pink). When done, remove from oven and let the chicken rest 5 minutes before carving. To carve, first remove the wings. Next, cut the skin close to the leg, then cut from the back and follow the bone along the joint and remove the leg. Remove the breasts by cutting down the middle, following the bone (save the rest of the chicken carcass for stock). Cut the baguette into four pieces and serve with the cut chicken on top.

Steps:

• Mix butter, chopped herbs, fennel seeds and 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt in bowl; blend well. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before continuing.)
• Position rack in bottom third of oven; preheat to 400°F. Sprinkle main cavity of chicken with salt and pepper; fill with herb sprigs. Starting at neck end, slide fingers under skin of breast and upper part of legs, loosening skin. Spread 3 tablespoons herb butter under skin on breast and upper leg meat. Place chicken on rack in large roasting pan; tie legs together loosely to hold shape. Scatter onions around chicken. Brush chicken and onions with 2 tablespoons herb butter; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Roast chicken 30 minutes. Remove pan from oven. Scatter garlic cloves around chicken. Brush chicken, onions and garlic with 1 tablespoon herb butter. Roast chicken and vegetables 30 minutes. Reserve 1 tablespoon herb butter for sauce; brush remainder on chicken and vegetables. Continue to roast until chicken is golden and thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 180°F, about 30 minutes longer. Insert wooden spoon into main cavity; tilt chicken so that juices drain into pan. Transfer chicken to platter; surround with onions and garlic. Tent with foil.
• Set roasting pan over medium-high heat. Add broth and wine; bring to simmer, scraping up browned bits. Pour pan juices into large glass measuring cup. Spoon off fat; discard fat. Pour juices into medium saucepan. Stir reserved 1 tablespoon herb butter and flour in small bowl to smooth paste. Bring pan juices to simmer; whisk in paste. Simmer sauce until slightly thickened, whisking occasionally, about 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve chicken with sauce.

Steps:

• With fingers, carefully loosen skin around the chicken breast, leg and thigh. Combine minced parsley, rosemary, sage, thyme, salt and pepper; rub half under skin. Place sliced garlic cloves under skin. Squeeze half of the lemon into the cavity and place the squeezed half in the cavity. , Remove papery outer skin from whole garlic bulb (do not peel or separate cloves). Cut top off garlic bulb. Place garlic bulb and herb sprigs in the cavity. Skewer chicken openings; tie drumsticks together with kitchen string., Place chicken breast side up on a rack in a roasting pan. Squeeze the remaining lemon half over chicken; rub remaining herb mixture over chicken., Bake, uncovered, at 350° until a thermometer inserted in thickest part of thigh reads 170°-175°, 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours (cover loosely with foil if chicken browns too quickly). If desired, baste with pan drippings. , Cover and let stand for 15 minutes. Remove and discard garlic, lemon and herbs from cavity before carving.

Steps:

• Mix butter, chopped herbs, fennel seeds and 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt in bowl; blend well.
• (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before continuing.) Position rack in bottom third of oven; preheat to 400.
• Sprinkle main cavity of chicken with salt and pepper; fill with herb sprigs.
• starting at neck end, slide fingers under skin of breast and upper part of legs, loosening skin.
• Spread 3 tablespoons herb butter under skin on breast and upper leg meat.
• Place chicken on rack in large roasting pan; tie legs together loosley to hold shape.
• Scatter onions around chicken.
• Brush chicken and onions with 2 tablespoons herb butter; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Roast chicken 30 minutes.
• Remove pan from the oven.
• Scatter garlic cloves around chicken.
• Brush chicken, onions and garlic with 1 tablespoon herb butter.
• Roast chicken and vegtables 30 minutes.
• Reserve 1 tablespoon herb butter for sauce; brush remainder on chicken and vegtables.
• Continue to roast until chicken is golden and thermometer into thickest part of thigh registers 180 F, about 30 minutes longer.
• Insert wooden spoon into main cavity; tilt chicken so that juices drain into pan.
• Transfer chicken to platter surround with the onions and garlic.
• Tent with foil.
• Set roasting pan over medium-high heat.
• Add broth and wine; bring to simmer, scraping up browned bits.
• Pour pan juices into large glass measuring cup.
• Spoon off fat; discard fat.
• Pour juices into medium saucepan.
• Stir to smooth paste.
• Bring pan juices to simmer; whisk in paste.
• Simmer sauce until slightly thickened, whisking occasionally about 4 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve chicken with sauce.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Chop one garlic clove in half. Rub both sides all over chicken.
• Coarsely chop onion and remaining garlic cloves and stuff them into chicken cavity.
• Cover the chicken with paprika.
• Season chicken with salt and pepper to taste.
• Place a small amount of water in the bottom of the roasting pan.
• Place chicken in roasting pan.
• Bake for 2 hours or until chicken reaches an internal temperature of 180 degrees.
• Every 30 minutes, baste chicken with its own juices or using some chicken stock.