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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (189g)

Recipe makes 8 servings

The following items or measurements are not included below:

1 teaspoon seasoning salt

McCormick's Montreal Brand steak seasoning

Calories 408
Calories from Fat 281 (69%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 31.3g 48%
Saturated Fat 8.9g 44%
Monounsaturated Fat 13.9g
Polyunsaturated Fat 6.1g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 125mg 41%
Sodium 996mg 41%
Potassium 354mg 10%
Total Carbohydrate 2.0g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0.7g 2%
Sugars 0.1g
Protein 28.9g 57%

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Amazingly Juicy and Flavorful Roasted Chicken

Recipe #283443 | 1 day | 20 min prep | add private note

By: Bethany Taylor
Feb 1, 2008

This is the juciest, best flavored roasted chicken I have ever made, or ever eaten! I have been experiementing, and It has turned out with the exact same wonderful results 3 times in a row now.. so I'm confident that anyone can make this with the same results. Never again will I purchase a pre-cooked rotisserie chicken! It's so easy too!

SERVES 8 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1
    Night before:
  2. 2
    Rinse chicken and pat dry.
  3. 3
    Mix salts, garlic powder and black pepper together.
  4. 4
    Liberally rub outside of chicken with salt mixture, then put the remaining salt mixture inside of the chicken cavity. Don't be afraid of the salt! Remember, we want the bird seasoned all the way through! I promise that it wont be salty. You may even want to use extra salt in the cavity, especially if you are using kosher salt.
  5. 5
    Put into a plastic bag and chill in fridge overnight. The longer the better.
  6. 6
    Day Of:.
  7. 7
    Preheat oven to 350 f.
  8. 8
    Put butter, lemon and garlic into cavity. You can also use herbs, onion etc.
  9. 9
    Pat outside of chicken dry, then rub the chicken with olive oil.
  10. 10
    Sprinkle Montreal steak seasoning on all sides. (Makes it really pretty when done).
  11. 11
    Place chicken in a roaster with a rack breast side up.
  12. 12
    Bake uncovered for approx 20 min per pound, or until thermometer in thickest part of thigh is between 175 to 180 degrees f.
  13. 13
    DO NOT OVERCOOK!
  14. 14
    Remove bird from oven and cover with foil. Allow to rest for at least 20 minutes, the longer the rest time, the jucier the chicken gets, so do not skip this step! It wont be juicy if it doesn't rest!
  15. 15
    Enjoy!

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From: Ginny Sue

On Aug 22, 2009

We very much enjoyed the flavor of this wonderful chicken. The overnight marinating, and the rest time at the end of baking really do add up to a juicy flavorful chicken.

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    From: Nif

    On Jan 24, 2009

    Delish! This chicken is tender and easy to do. I cooked 2 at once so I would have an extra one for a last minute meal idea. I really like that Montreal Steak Spice so I was happy to see a recipe that uses it. Thanks!

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    From: Lvs2Cook

    On Feb 17, 2008

    I made this last night for dinner and it came out so juicy and flavorful ~ it really does live up to it's name. I did not put this together the night before and it still came out great so I can only imagine how wonderful it would be if I marinated it the night before. This was very easy to put together and I know that I'll be using this recipe often. Thanks for posting a keeper!

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  • From: GirlyJu

    On Feb 9, 2009

    5 stars. Seriously, the best chicken EVER. Next time I'll copy some other reviewer and make two so I have more left over!

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