How to Roast a Chicken

From The Kitchen of Robyn Haggerty

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

Remove chicken from its package.

Remove the bag of giblets from inside the bird.

Wash chicken inside and out well.

Trim any loose skin with a sharp knife.

Remove the tail piece from the bird and throw out.

Place a roasting rack in a baking pan with sides.

Place the chicken on the rack breast-side up.

Sprinkle pepper on the bird, and sprinkle with saltand any other spices that you like, also sprinklethe seasoning inside the bird as well.

Rub olive oil all over the chicken and if desired stuffwith fresh Herbs and some fresh garlic and a quartered lemon if desired.

Place the baking pan on an oven rack in the lower-middlepart of the oven.

Roast for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until the juices runclear when a sharp knife is inserted into the joint of the chicken between the body and the thigh or until an instant read thermometer registers 165 degrees at the samejoint.

Remove the chicken from the oven, cover loosely with foiland let rest for 10 minutes before carving.

Enjoy!