I need good thoughts, please.

[cbwm1]

I'm going to attempt to roast a chicken (lemon and garlic) for the first time ever for dinner tonight. I'm skerred.

I'm also going to make fresh green beans with bacon and onion. And mashed potatoes. And stovetop stuffing, because I've been craving it (weird!).

[CurlyQ284]

Roasting a chicken is easy. You'll do fine

[cbwm1]

Yeah, except I DONT COOK. lol

[juliagoulia]

One tip I'm happy to have learned re: roasting chickens (or even turkeys) is to dry the skin really really well before you put it in the oven. I separate the skin from the breast and smear the butter/garlic/whatever herbs directly on the meat, then dry the skin all over the bird really well with paper towels and sprinkle it with kosher salt. Then I put it in the fridge uncovered for an hour (minimum) or overnight if possible. The skin gets so crispy and delicious and even the white meat stays so juicy.

I'm sure your dinner will rock! It sounds good and I'm jealous :-) I don't know what I'm doing for dinner yet.

[Marle]

Jesus: [ thinking in delicate terms ] How shall I put this..? If you could concentrate oyur prayers on just the most important things.. you know.. life and death, temptation.. and save the prayers like, "Dear Jesus: Be with me as I vacuum the stairs.." or, "Dear Jesus: Fill me with your spirit as I sponge off the slipcovers." Things like that.. [ smiling ] It would just make things a lot simpler, Tina.

[eb777888]

Oh, it'll be great! Don't worry about it.

It all sounds fantastic.

[chickadee77]

I agree with juliagoulia. If you like crisp skin, follow her advice. Also, I'm in the no-basting camp - I think it just lets heat out of the oven, which makes you have to cook longer, which dries out the meat.

Sounds yummy! Good luck!

[cbwm1]

I'm cooking it in the Pampered Chef deep covered baker. I'm combining a few recipes and hoping this bad boy turns out.

I mixed room temp butter with lemon juice, garlic, S&P and put that under the skin, then rubbed some on the skin too.

It smells amazing in here!

[julez]

YUM. I will be right over.

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Was it good??

[cbwm1]

Nov 10, 2013 21:03:40 GMT -5 @t2j said:

Was it good??

Other than the fact that I cooked it upside down (lol), yes!

[cbwm1]

Nov 12, 2013 21:45:14 GMT -5 pagas said:

Nov 12, 2013 21:41:27 GMT -5 cbwm1 said:

Other than the fact that I cooked it upside down (lol), yes!

That is actually a good way to cook it, makes the breast nice and juicy 

It did just that! Unfortunately, I didn't put any of my butter/garlic/lemon on the breast side.

However, I'll totally attempt it again!