Grammy's Kitchen · Roast Chicken · Best Roast Chicken
One of 43 roast chicken recipes we measured
from diethood.com
46 cooks on diethood.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 43.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 3% | 3% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 1% | 1% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 1588 g | 3 to 4 pound whole broiler-fryer chicken |
| 43 g | 3 tablespoons butter (melted) |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 4 g | 3/4 teaspoon salt (or to taste) |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon dried basil |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning (or you can also use fresh ground black pepper) |
| 1 lemon (quartered) | |
| 3 g | 3 sprigs fresh rosemary |
| 12 g | 4 cloves garlic (peeled) |
Method: 8 steps, published by diethood.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Wow!!! I made this last night for dinner using a 3.5 lb. organic chicken, it came out so moist, juicy & tasty! I was a little pressed for time so I condensed a few steps by combing the melted butter, garlic and herbs before rubbing it all on. I rubbed some und” — a cook
“I made this for our dinner yesterday and my husband said and I quote “I think this is the best roast chicken you have ever made yet” I like to experiment on different recipes that’s why he said that. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe. ❤ I don’t have fr” — a cook