Marian's Easy Roast Chicken
Katheryn Bowyer
ingredients
- 4 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground pepper
- 2 (4 to 5-pound) whole chickens
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
directions
- 1
Preheat oven to 375°. Stir together salt and pepper.
- 2
If applicable, remove necks and giblets from chicken , and reserve for another use. Pat chickens dry. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon salt mixture into cavity of each chicken. Rub 1 1/2 teaspoon olive oil into skin of each chicken. Sprinkle with remaining salt mixture; rub into skin. Place chickens, breast sides up, facing in opposite directions (for even browning), on a lightly greased wire rack in a lightly greased 17 x 2-inch jelly-roll pan.
- 3
Bake at 375° for 1 1/2 hours or until a meat thermometer inserted in thigh registers 180°. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
notes
Source: Southern Living Magazine, January 2009
Source: Bowyer Family
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