Oven Baked Whole Chicken

This Oven Baked Whole Chicken recipe is great and fuss free so giving you time to spend on maybe making a side salad or getting that corn-on-the-cob ready if serving it along with the chicken.

You could also make a bread cube stuffing for the chicken and fill it before roasting.

Left over chicken can easily be made into a pasta casserole dish or cut fine for chicken salad sandwiches.

The uses for left over cooked chicken are many.

A 3 1/2 lbs. frying chicken will make 5-6 servings.

Ingredients:

• 1 frying chicken, 3 - 3 1/2 lbs.
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• seasoning salt and pepper to taste
• bread cube stuffing or turkey stuffing recipe, optional

Method:

• Preheat oven to 450F.
• Rinse chicken inside and out, discard giblets or save for another use.
• Pat chicken dry.
• Sprinkle the inside with about 1 tsp. season salt and 1/4 tsp. pepper.
• Rub chicken with oil.
• Sprinkle with season salt and pepper.
• Place breast down on a rack in roasting pan.
• Place in 450F oven, lower heat immediately to 350F.
• Roast chicken 20 min. per pound, about 1 hour to 1 hr. 20 min.
• Baste with pan drippings if desired.
• Turn chicken breast up for the last 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven, let rest for 10-15 minutes.

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