Grammy's Kitchen · Roast Chicken · Super Easy Roast Chicken
One of 43 roast chicken recipes we measured
from downshiftology.com
It ranks #1 of 43 for juiciness among the roast chicken recipes we compared. 181 cooks on downshiftology.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 43.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 1% | 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.
| 2041 g | 1 (4 to 5-pound) whole chicken (packet of giblets removed) |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning |
| kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper (to taste) |
Method: 4 steps, published by downshiftology.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I enjoyed the recipe, but at 425 degrees F, the chicken’s skin was already crispy and my oven was definitely smoking by the 40 mins point. I didn’t have a lid for my pan and was afraid to dry out the meat, so ended up turning down the temp. This caused the chi” — a cook, 4★
“This is a no fail recipe. I took my chicken out an hour and a half or so from the fridge to come up to room temp. I used a roaster pan to cook my chicken as my cast iron pans are shallow and I didnt want the oil to be splashing out of the pan. I did dry the ch” — a cook, 5★