Mom’s Parsley Garlic chicken
Prep time: 15 min Cook time: 3.5 hours Servings: 8 – 12 people
Skill level: Easy
This recipe was given to me by my mom. I enjoyed making it as it was easy and stress-free. I chose to make two whole chickens at 11 pounds total, as I have to feed my husband. If you so choose to make one chicken, then use half portions of all the ingredients. Or you can make both chickens, and cut up the second chicken and put it in the freezer. If you have a baking sheet with a rack, that would be better for the chicken to cook more evenly. Enjoy!
1 Parsley bunch
10 – 12 cloves of garlic
12 TBSP of butter
2-3 TBSP of lemon juice
2 whole chicken (about 10 LBS total)
2 TSP Salt
1 TSP Pepper
Peel 10 – 12 garlic cloves and wash the parsley and dry with a paper towel. In a food processor, first blend parsley and garlic together very well.
Then blend in two sticks
of butter, then add 2 – 3 tablespoons of lemon juice and blend again.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Wash the chickens very well and pat dry with a paper towel and put it on a baking sheet.
Rub salt and pepper over the entire chickens including the cavity.
Then rub in the parsley-garlic mixture well, over the entire chicken inside and out. Put the remaining of the mixture under the skin of the chicken and the cavity.
Cover with foil and put it in the oven. Bake for 15 minutes at 450 degrees, then turn down the oven to 350 degrees and bake additional 20 minutes for each pound. Mine took 3 hours and 40 minutes.
Chicken is ready if the instant thermometer reads 165 Fahrenheit when inserted in the inner thigh close to the bone, but not on the bone.
When chicken is done, remove it from the oven and brush on the juice that dripped on top of the chicken. Put it in the oven and bake for another 10 – 15 minutes to get the top to be crispy.
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Mom’s Parsley Garlic chicken
My mom’s easy and delicious roast chicken recipe
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 3.5 hours
- Total Time: 3.75 hours
- Yield: 8 - 12 people 1x
- Category: Main
- Method: Roasting, baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
1 Parsley bunch
10 – 12 cloves of garlic
12 TBSP of butter
2-3 TBSP of lemon juice
2 whole chicken (about 10 LBS total)
2 TSP Salt
1 TSP Pepper
Instructions
Peel 10 – 12 garlic cloves and wash the parsley and dry with a paper towel. In a food processor, first blend parsley and garlic together very well. Then blend in two sticks of butter, then add 2 – 3 tablespoons of lemon juice and blend again.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Wash the chickens very well and pat dry with a paper towel and put it on a baking sheet. Rub salt and pepper over the entire chickens including the cavity. Then rub in the parsley-garlic mixture well, over the entire chicken inside and out. Put the remaining of the mixture under the skin of the chicken and the cavity.
Cover with foil and put it in the oven. Bake for 15 minutes at 450 degrees, then turn down the oven to 350 degrees and bake additional 20 minutes for each pound. Mine took 3 hours and 40 minutes.
Chicken is ready if the instant thermometer reads 165 Fahrenheit when inserted in the inner thigh close to the bone, but not on the bone.
When chicken is done, remove it from the oven and brush on the juice that dripped on top of the chicken. Put it in the oven and bake for another 10 – 15 minutes to get the top to be crispy.
Notes
If you only want to bake one chicken, then use half the ingredients.
- Prep/Cook/bake time may change when changing portions of ingredients
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