I roasted this chicken for my family on the night before Valentine’s Day- our Friday night dinner. It really couldn’t have been any easier to make. The chicken is brushed with olive oil, and then it’s rubbed with a simple mixture of orange zest, paprika, salt and pepper. After it has roasted in the oven for about 45 minutes, you sneak it out of the oven to wrap it in bacon, then it’s back into the oven until the bacon is crispy and the chicken is cooked through (another 20 minutes).
Roasted chicken is such an easy dinner to make. I do pick up the already-roasted chickens every once in a while from the market, but I’m always disappointed. They’re so much better when you make them yourself! The result of this recipe: WOW. My husband and my son both said it was the best roasted chicken I’ve ever put on the dinner table. The chicken turns out super tender, and the flavor of both the orange zest and bacon come through nicely. We enjoyed the crispy pieces of bacon to scoop up with bites of chicken. I’ll definitely be trying more recipes from this book as we do like to eat chicken quite often for dinner.
More roasted chicken recipes you might enjoy:
Chinese Roasted Chicken by Rasa Malaysia Slashed Chicken with Bacon- Herb Butter by RecipeGirl A Million Ways to Roast a Chicken by The Kitchn The Best Whole Chicken in a Slow Cooker by RecipeGirl America: Too Stupid to Cook by Michael Ruhlman
