Easy Herb Roasted Chicken

Classic, elegant and oh-so scrumptious. This is the best way to a super crispy, tender and mouthwatering oven-roasted chicken with fresh herbs and simple ingredients!

Easy Herb Roasted Chicken – Try this easy method for a tender, crispy roasted chicken with fresh herbs and simple ingredients! | thecomfortofcooking.com

I’ve roasted a heck of a lotta chickens in my years – It’s my all-time favorite meal after all! But, alas, my method for the most mouthwatering roasted chicken has never made it off a continually crossed-out, written-over, frayed and splattered sticky note.

I’d say it’s time for this baby to make it’s mark on the Internets, once and for all!

Easy Herb Roasted Chicken – Try this easy method for a tender, crispy roasted chicken with fresh herbs and simple ingredients! | thecomfortofcooking.com

There’s nothing quite like the smell of big fat chicken bubbling away in the oven… It fills your home and reminds you that a delicious, warm, and comforting meal is on its way to your eager tummy.

I’ve roasted ‘em a hundred different ways – basted, beer canned, butter and the lot. But this method, using a blend of simple pantry staples and fresh herbs, has proved the absolute best.

Just look at her… isn’t she a beauty?

Easy Herb Roasted Chicken – Try this easy method for a tender, crispy roasted chicken with fresh herbs and simple ingredients! | thecomfortofcooking.com

Roast one and you’ve got meals for days… my already easy soups, chilis, salads, casseroles, sandwiches and pizzas are that much quicker with a heap of tasty cooked, cut-up chicken.

Easy Herb Roasted Chicken – Try this easy method for a tender, crispy roasted chicken with fresh herbs and simple ingredients! | thecomfortofcooking.com

Now, you’ve got your chicken roasted up pretty and need a good trick to whack it up? Here’s a handy dandy guide for getting that tender meat off the bone with elegance and ease!

Once the chicken is cooked, slip out this bone right beneath the center of the chicken breasts, clean it off and dry it out on the counter. Next day, grab your fellow chicken lover, loop your pinkies around the base, and make a wish. Whoever snaps off the biggest half is the lucky recipient of a wish come true… or so I’ve grown up believing!

Easy Herb Roasted Chicken

Easy Herb Roasted Chicken

Yield: 6 to 8 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 whole 5-6 pound chicken
  • 1/2 yellow onion, cut into wedges
  • 4 whole cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 handful fresh thyme, rosemary or parsley
  • 1 1/2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
  2. Arrange oven rack on bottom third. Prepare a large roasting pan topped with a rack. (You can also top a 13x9 pan with a small cooling rack)
  3. Remove giblets from chicken cavity and rinse whole chicken. Pat dry with paper towels and place onto rack atop roasting pan, breast side up.
  4. Place onion, garlic, and herbs into cavity. Coat chicken all over with olive oil using your hands. Combine salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika in a small bowl and season chicken all over with mixture, patting on with your hands. If desired, tie legs with kitchen twine.
  5. Roast for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, depending on size*. If chicken is browning too quickly, cover loosely with aluminum foil. To measure temperature, place a meat thermometer into the thickest part of the thigh without touching the bone. It should reach 180 degrees.
  6. Remove chicken from oven and cover with aluminum foil. Let rest for at least 10 minutes before carving.
  7. Enjoy!

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  1. What a perfect looking roast chicken – these pictures are making me very hungry!

  2. I’ve actually never made a chicken before in my 26 years. I should stop that right away and make this. :)

  3. Looks just wonderful! I’m with you, there’s nothing better than roasted chicken and the lovely aroma that comes with it as it bakes.

  4. Do you roast it at 425 the whole time? Seems really hot, but it sure does look good. Thank you for sharing… VK

  5. Your chicken looks perfect! The color is spot on, I can almost taste it. I’m curious – what programmed are you using that your photos are changing ? I’ve seen that at the top of the page but never in the middle of a post.

    Nice recipe!

  6. Love roast chicken– yours looks perfect!

  7. visionkeeper – Yes, I roasted at 425 the whole time but tented the chicken with foil after about 45 minutes. It came out perfectly crisp and tender!

    Vicki – I’m sorry, I don’t quite understand your question. If you’re asking about what I use to edit photos, I use Photoshop.

  8. This looks like a perfect roasted chicken! Your pictures are gorgeous!

  9. That is one gorgeous bird Georgia!!

  10. I’m with you — roasted chicken is a favorite of mine, so many things you can do with it (after peeling a leg off of it and eating it hot out of the oven, of course). Good stuff!

  11. Roasted chicken is the best, yours is so golden!

  12. I love roasted chicken but barely remember to make it – don’t know why that is! Thanks for the delicious looking reminder :)

  13. Look at that gorgeous chicken! I almost never roast a whole chicken, not sure why. I need to do it soon, my mouth is watering!

  14. ooo..this looks like it came out perfect. i love a roasted chicken.

  15. How on earth did I miss this perfect chickadee?! It looks phenomenal!

  16. I love roasted chicken and yours looks SO good. YUM!

  17. Hi there! I can’t believe I just stumbled onto your blog now :O Where has it been all my life?!? Newly subscribed and I MAY even brave this whole chicken deal. Sort of terrifies me but with photos like that how can I resist?! :D

    ~Jess

  18. Love this! It’s the perfect Sunday Supper type dish!

  19. Oh! That roast chicken looks so comforting!

  20. What a beautiful roast chicken – there’s nothing like the smell of home roasted chicken. For years, I thought roasting chicken was so difficult but once I realized how easy it really was, it has become my lazy night dinner. Love the wishbone images – fun!

  21. I always roast a chicken on Sundays to make dinner easy peasy during the week. Gorgeous photos by the way!

  22. I love roasting chickens and you are right – this one is a beauty!

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  24. Wow, Georgia! I wish I had been there for dinner! This bird is beautiful! I love roasting a chicken on a Sunday afternoon. But mine have never been this pretty! Hope you got the bigger piece of the wishbone! : )

  25. That is one delicious-looking roast chicken! We had to replace our oven recently because the door on the old one wouldn’t close properly. I’ve been meaning to properly test the new oven out with a roast chicken. You’ve reminded me to get on it! : )

  26. Can you believe that I have not ever roasted my own chicken?! This is just gorgeous! I need to try this!

  27. What a gorgeous bird!! I have to roast another chicken, my skin never comes out that crispy and gorgeous!

  28. That is one seriously gorgeous roasted chicken! I usually butterfly my chickens when I cook them, but I definitely need to try this.

  29. That is one gorgeous chicken chicken! I love the wishbone pics too!

  30. 5 stars
    I just printed this recipe out and I can’t wait to try it!

  31. 5 stars
    What a picture perfect roast chicken! My mouth is watering and it’s not even 7 AM…shouldn’t I be dreaming of breakfast???? LOL.

  32. There is nothing on this planet I love more than Roasted Chicken!! YUM

  33. 5 stars
    Georgia, Georgia! Oh my goodness, this looks INCREDIBLE. I finally conquered my fear of turkey but I have yet to tackle chicken. If mine looks half as good as this looks, I’ll be in for a real treat! DYING over this gorgeous thing!

  34. 5 stars
    i love roasted chicken SO much. yours is gorgeous!

  35. That is a gorgeous roast chicken Georgia! The wishbone pictures are so cute too!

  36. 5 stars
    Herb roasted chicken is one of my all time favorite (non dessert) foods. In fact at the restaurant I work at we just tested out a herb roasted organic chicken for v day and it went so well we are adding it to our friday night specials. I am so happy to have herb roasted chicken around. It seriously does make other things so easy to whip up. And the smell of it whilst cooking mMmM. Sometimes I add bacon on top while it cooks.. naughty!

  37. 5 stars
    Roasted chicken is my all-time favorite. And of course, I never fail to grab the wishbone.

  38. Beautiful pictures! Now I’m hungry for chicken.

  39. DynastyDiva says:

    Unlike most of the other commenters, I actually made this for a smaller 2 pound chicken which was pre-cooked but still required 55 minutes in the oven. Scaled down the amounts and it worked! Skin is crisp and flesh is not too dry. Would add my photo but no way to do so.

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