Grammy's Kitchen · Roast Chicken · Butter Roasted Chicken
One of 43 roast chicken recipes we measured
from www.lanascooking.com
It ranks #1 of 43 for juiciness among the roast chicken recipes we compared. 9 cooks on www.lanascooking.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% |
| aromatics | 0% | 1% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 1814 g | 1 whole chicken (about 4 pounds) |
| Salt and pepper | |
| Fresh herbs – my favorite combination is tarragon (thyme, rosemary and sage) | |
| 1 lemon (quartered) | |
| 57 g | 1/4 cup butter ((1/2 stick)) |
Method: 11 steps, published by www.lanascooking.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I have discovered grandma’s cast iron and now use it for everything. Saw this recipe and had to try it as a deviation to my usual roasted “beer can chicken”. However, I didn’t plan for turning a very hot chicken and tore the skin in a couple places using grabb” — a cook
“I made this for my family and I will be making this again! It was succulent, delicious and I ended up making the best chicken salad I have ever made with all the leftovers. Thank you for sharing this simple way of roasting a chicken because its been one of tho” — a cook