Do you have any good Whole Chicken recipes?

Question

I have to make a whole chicken tonight and mine usually don't have a ton of flavor, even if I over season it. I'd like to make it differently for once....any good recipes are appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

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My recipe is pretty simple. Take a big pot and fill it with 4 cups of plain white rice. Add a can of cream of mushroom soup and 4 cans of water. Mix it together. Take the chicken, clean it well, then take some meat scissors and cut it into 4 pieces (split down the middle then separate the legs from the breasts). Put on top of the rice, sprinkle the top of the chicken with Lawry's seasoned salt. Cover and bake at 325 for 1 hour. It's awesome!

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Actually I was dying to use Cream of Mushroom with it and couldn't find any recipes for it, so I made my own and it was really good. I'll try yours next time. thanks.

Answer 2

Do you have a rotisserie? That makes the BEST whole chicken. Or do it on the grill beer-butt style (google it).

But my favorite rub for the skin AND the cavities is this:

2 t salt; 1 t paprika; 1/2 t onion powder; 1/2 t thyme; 1 t black pepper; 1/4 to 1/2 t cayenne pepper; and 1/2 t garlic. This rub has a lot of flavor, and you can rub it beneath the skin to make it even tastier.

Answer 3

grillied chicken

Answer 4

Its hard to make a whole chicken taste like anything but chicken...but not impossible. Here is what I do, it may work for you.

First, rinse out the cavity and dry it out with a lint free towel. Now, using a pastry brush, or basting brush, coat it with a thin coating of olive oil.
In a small bowl,mix together parsley, sea salt, pepper, thyme, rosemary....about a 1/2 tsp of everything, you won't need much. Hold your chicken upright, with the cavity facing you, and sprinkle the spice mixture around the inside. Use only half, because the other half will go outside.
Peel a small apple, but don't core or cut it....stuff into the cavity along with two or three thick slices of orange.
Spray your pan with non cook spray, and put your chicken into the middle. Peel an onion ( sweet onion works best), slice it in half and put it in the pan, along with two stalks of celery cut in half. You won't be eating these. Now, rub the skin of the chicken with a little olive oil (or butter if you prefer it) and sprinkle the rest of the seasoning over it. Cover the chicken with a tented piece of aluminum foil.
Cook it for 30 minutes (375 degrees). Add 1/2 cup white wine after the first 30 minutes....don't use cooking wine please...and put the foil back on it and cook another 20 minutes. Uncover at this time, turn the oven on low broil and brown off the skin.
Tenting the foil will create a steam that will cook the chicken and because the steam can't escape, it keeps it very moist. The seasoning inside and out will flavor it, and the wine will too. (98% of the alcohol will bake out). Even if children are eating it, it will not harm them.

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My grandmother, who got the recipe this way from her mother, who brought it over from france with her.

Answer 5

Beer Can Chicken is great. Just stuff some herbs, salt and garlic between the meat and skin, drink half the beer, and add tons of herbs in the rest of the beer to go along with what you placed between the meat and skin. Put that baby on the beer can and place on hot grill for an hour and a half or two, until skin is crunchy.
Again, place salt, herbs, dried chili pepper flakes and lemon slices between skin and meat, stuff with parsley, herbs, and lemon and an orange if you have it. No, you won't eat the stuffing, it's for flavor and to keep the chicken moist. Roast that baby and it'll be good and tender.

Answer 6

Micro wave Chicken

1 Tbls oil
1 tsp kitchen bouquet
1 tsp paprika
1/2 cup white wine
1 large roasting chicken

Wash chicken, inside and out well. Mix the rest of the ingredients together and baste the chicken inside and out. Cook on full Power 8 minutes on all four sides. Start breast side down, cook breast up last.