Recipe for Baked Chicken

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Step by Step Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 375

Remove the wrapper from the chicken and dispose wrapper

1-Remove the giblets inside the whole chicken and rinse chicken

(Put giblets in snack size zip bag, and refrigerate or freeze for making bone broth later)

2-Put chicken in Dutch oven legs down.  Coat the side of the chicken that is showing with olive oil.

3-Sprinkle this side of chicken with 1 teaspoon of organic pepper

4-Sprinkle this side of chicken with 1 teaspoon salt.

5-Sprinkle this side of chicken with 1 teaspoon rosemary

6-Turn over the chicken in Dutch oven.

7-Coat the upside (legs are now up) of the chicken with remaining olive oil

8-Clean 6 cloves of garlic (that you take from the whole bulb of garlic)

Quick tip: Cut off the top of the clove and peel the outer skin from the clove. Pressing the unpeeled clove on a hard surface (you will hear it pop) makes the skin come off way easier.  

Also, you can skip step step# 9 by purchasing garlic cloves that have already been cleaned!

‍9-Lift the skin on the chicken and slide 2 cloves per side under the skin. That's a total of 4 cloves

10-Put the remaining 2 whole cloves of garlic in the cavity of the chicken.

11-Cut the 2 lemons in half.  Then cut 2 of the lemon halves into half again, making it quarters

12-Put 2 of the lemon halves inside the cavity of the chicken

13-Squeeze the 4 lemon quarters' onto the top of the chicken letting the juice run down the sides

14-Sprinkle the chicken with remaining salt, pepper and rosemary.  Use more if you want.

15-Place the lemon quarters on top of the chicken

Easy Baking Instructions

16-Cover the chicken by placing the lid on the Dutch oven

17-Bake at 375 for 60 minutes total

18-Set timer for 20 minutes

19-When timer goes off, take chicken from oven and drizzle drippings to cover chicken (use juice in bottom of Dutch oven).  Baste at least 3 times with baster, more if you want.  (You can also use a ladle if you don't have a basting tool)

20-Put chicken back in the oven.

21-Set the timer for 20 minute

22-Take chicken from the oven and baste again (at least 2-3 times)

23-Put chicken back in the oven

24-Set timer for 20 more minutes

25-When timer goes off, remove the chicken from the oven.

26-Remove lid.

27-Turn oven off then turn on the broiler. Be sure oven rack is in center of oven

28-Baste chicken again (yeah I know this is a lot of basting)

29-Place UN covered chicken under the broiler for 10-15 minutes

30-Remove chicken from oven and turn over

31-Drain excess drippings from Dutch oven into storage container.  Save everything, including lemons.

32-Broil chicken for another 10-15 minutes

33-When satisfied that the chicken is brown enough, remove chicken from oven

34-Turn off the broiler/oven

Stuff to Do When Chicken is Done Baking

Cool chicken, carve or pull meat off chicken.  Serve.

Use drippings as au juis to pour on chicken rather than gravy

Once chicken is carved or meat is pulled off the carcass, save the carcass by putting in a large zip bag after cooled.  Refrigerate or freeze for bone broth.

Put any remaining chicken in air tight storage container and refrigerate.  

We will use the cooked, tasty meat to make several different things such as chicken stroganoff, chicken salad, and stir fried chicken...all fast and easy!

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