Cook Whole Chicken In Oven Breast Up Or Down

Turn the chicken onto one of its sides and baste well.

Cook whole chicken in oven breast up or down. Melt butter with oil in a dutch oven over medium high heat. Roast the chicken for 40 minutes and check the temperature in the center of a breast using an instant read thermometer. Add 1 4 cup water and 1 4 cup wine to dutch oven. Pop the chicken breast side up on top of the vegetables and drizzle the other tbsp oil over the chicken and sprinkle the chicken rub on.

Sprinkle inside and out with onion powder. Add chicken and cook breast side down 5 minutes or until golden brown. Roast for 1 hour or until the breast is firm and the chicken is turning golden brown. Place the chicken breast side up in a roasting pan cast iron skillet frying pan baking dish pie plate or any other shallow ovenproof dish.

Place the chicken breast side up in the pan. A nice hot oven is critical for roasting chicken keller s way it cooks the chicken faster helping to keep it juicy while the high heat also yields deliciously crisp skin. Place chicken in a roasting pan or high sided large skillet breast side up with the remaining onion garlic lemons and herbs then add the chicken broth. Put the tin in the oven and roast for 30 minutes until the skin on the breast is nice and crispy and golden coloured.

You can roast the chicken by itself in a pan or lift it off the pan using a roasting rack or coarsely chopped vegetables see recipe note. There s nothing quite like a perfectly roasted whole chicken straight out of the oven and with the right tips and tricks cooking a whole chicken is easy. Place 3 tablespoons margarine in the chicken cavity. But if you cook it breast side down for 30 min longer the breast meat is much more juicy and tender.

Cover and cook 1 hour or until a meat thermometer inserted in thigh registers 180. A breast side up chicken on the other hand sort of looks like a heart with the tips of the drumsticks visible. When the breast reaches 160 f increase the oven temperature to 450 f and cook the chicken another 5 minutes for a final crisping. See this photo of my bird it is round with the wing tips pointing up towards you.

Arrange dollops of the remaining margarine around the chicken s exterior. Most cooking instructions say to roast a chicken breast side up. Roast the chicken for 15 minutes to start the sear. Then lower the oven to 350 f.

If you re not sure know that an upside down chicken with the breast facing down looks like a lineman tucked into a football huddle. Remove the giblets. Place chicken in a roasting pan and season generously inside and out with salt and pepper.