Simple Whole Roasted Chicken

Submitted by: admin on April 10, 2020

6 servings

Ingredients

2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon white sugar
⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
⅛ teaspoon ground allspice
⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 (4 pound) whole chicken
5 cloves garlic, crushed

Instructions

Step 1
In a bowl, mix the salt, sugar, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Rub the chicken with the mixture. Cover chicken, and place in the refrigerator for 24 hours.

Step 2
Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).

Step 3
Stuff the chicken cavity with the garlic. Place the chicken, breast side down, on a rack in a roasting pan.

Step 4
Roast 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce heat to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C), and continue roasting 15 minutes. Baste chicken with pan drippings, reduce heat to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C), and continue roasting 30 minutes, to an internal temperature of 180 degrees F (85 degrees C). Let stand 20 minutes before serving.

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