The Perfect Roast Chicken
A low-carb Atkins recipe for The Perfect Roast Chicken.
Ingredients
- 1 3 pound whole chicken -- (3 to 4)
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- 1
Place empty pan in oven and preheat to 375 degrees.
- 2
Melt butter and brush entire chicken skin with it.
- 3
Season according to your taste
- 4
Place chicken in v-rack so that one wing is down and one wing is up. Put rack in roasting pan in oven.
- 5
After 20 minutes, turn chicken over so that the other wing is facing up. Return chicken to oven.
- 6
After another 20 minutes, turn chicken so that the breast is up and return to the oven to finish cooking.
- 7
Check chicken for doneness after 30 minutes.
- 8
If chicken is done, remove from oven and let rest for 15 minutes.
- 9
Carve and enjoy.
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