Roasted Chicken

It's Monday...weigh in day and I am happy to announce I am officially down 10.8lbs.  I was so excited because on Saturday we celebrated my daughter's third birthday which included three desserts and the most delicious soup ever.  (More of that to come in a later post when I have all the pics from my SIL since I forgot my camera)  So I did indulge a bit and was a bit nervous this morning.  But after weighing in I was super motivated to cook something extra yummy and healthy tonight.  I made a delicious roasted chicken.  I had seen on Rachel Ray that you can roast a chicken upright in a bundt pan.  Well I could not find the bundt pan so I used the angel food pan.  You have to put a cookie sheet under it because of the hole in the center but it works great because then ALL sides get crispy and let's admit it...the crispy skin is the best part.  So here it is.

(Picture was taken halfway through cooking.  I forgot to take one after)

Recipe:

Remove innards from chicken and rinse under cold water.

Allow chicken to dry completely.  Any moisture will steam the chicken and it will not get as crispy.

Salt and pepper both the inside and outside of the chicken.

Stand chicken up on bundt angel food pan with cookie sheet underneath.  Tuck wings under so they do not get too crispy.

I then chopped an onion and stuck in down in the pan with the chicken for some flavor.

Around the pan I roasted some red potatoes (chopped), baby carrots, baby zucchini squash, and garlic.  You could do this on a separate pan but why make more dishes to clean? 

I drizzled the veggies with very little extra virgin olive oil and then sprinkled them with my favorite seasoning (Elite Eight) But you can use any seasonings you like or just sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Roast at 375 degrees until chicken reaches internal temperature of 165.  Cook time is roughly 20 minutes per pound and mine was about 7lbs so it took just over 2 hours.

Take chicken out and tent with foil and allow it to rest for 15 minutes before carving.  This allows all those juices to redistribute back into the meat and prevents your meat from drying out.

ENJOY!

There is so much delicious meat left that I will have to think of something yummy to make with all the leftovers tomorrow night.  Maybe chicken tetrazzini?