Welcome to Sunday Supper, my friends. I told you that I was flat out this week, and I wasn’t kidding. I made not one, but two whole chickens this week, and I can’t sing the praises of just how great it was for my meals this week: Just one easy roast chicken can make a few days of meal-prepping for you, so the two that I did….I am sitting pretty with meals this week! This picture ain’t pretty friends- but it sure is good!
Here’s the Recipe for an Easy Herb Roast Chicken:
- First, move the rack in the oven to the lower rack.
- Oil the chicken.
- Make your seasoning. Season the top, bottom, and inside of the chicken.
- Prep the roasting pan, by placing whole, prepped carrots, celery and onion on the bottom of a sprayed pan.
- Place the chicken breast side down for the first part of the roasting and flip it half-way through to finish roasting.
- When it’s done cooking, remove and let it rest. Slice and serve with your favorite sides.
One Easy Roast Chicken: Four Meals #SundaySupper
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken I use a 6-7 pound roasting chicken
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. onion powder
- 1 tsp. paprika
- 1 tsp. oregano
- 1 tsp.ground black pepper
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 3 carrots peeled and stemmed
- 3 celery sticks washed
- 2 onions.peeled and chopped in half
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350*
Prep your pan: place your carrots, celery and onion in the bottom of a sprayed 9X12" pan.
Make your herb seasoning: In a small bowl, mix the garlic, onion, paprika, oregano, pepper and salt.
Prep the chicken:
- Take it out of the wrapper and dab all over with a paper towel. Pull the neck bone from the center cavity of the chicken and discard (some may keep, but I throw this out).
- Sprinkle the chicken with the herb seasoning all over: top, bottom, and inside the cavity too.
- Place the chicken, breast side down on top of the vegetables in the pan. Add 1 cup of water to the pan and place in the oven.
- Cook for one hour.
- Remove from the oven and flip the bird over, so the breast is up. Turn the heat of the oven up to 375* and continue to roast for another 1 hour and 30 minutes. Test for done with a thermometer to 165*. If the chicken leg is wiggly that is a good sign too.
- Remove from the oven and let it sit for 15 minutes. Slice and serve with your favorite sides. Scoop the juice from the bottom as your gravy.
Notes
3 more Meals I make from it:
Pulled Chicken Quesadillas
…didn’t love those options? Try these:
Chicken Enchiladas with Pumpkin Sauce
Seriously my friends. I love roasting a chicken. It is economical and saves me from cooking chicken all week! The only better thing, is when I take my double-wide crock pot and put the chicken or chicken(s) in there and don’t even touch it! Using the leftovers makes a non-meal planner very happy to make dinner easily and in a pinch.
If I don’t have time to roast a chicken or didn’t plan ahead to crock-pot it, I of course love the already roasted chickens at the store…but they are small, and you never get the juice and gravy that you get from roasting. You also control the salt and seasonings if you do it yourself which is always ideal. If you can, buy a big chicken, and you will have lots of fun making all these great leftover ideas for the week and then have some leftovers for a simple chicken sandwich!
Here are some more meal-planning ideas from the Sunday Supper bloggers, to make your life simpler!
Meal Prep Dinners
- Ham and Broccoli Meal Prep Bowls by Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
- Make Ahead 7-Layer Salads in a Jar by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Make Ahead Bagel Sandwiches by A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
- Marinated Chicken & Vegetables Sheet Pan (Low Carb) by My Life Cookbook
- Meatballs for Three Different Dinners by Positively Stacey
- One Easy Roast Chicken: Four Meals by Hardly A Goddess
- Slice and Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies by Palatable Pastime
- Stuffed Beef Roll Meal Prep Dinner by Sunday Supper Movement
- Vietnamese Banh Mi Pork by Caroline’s Cooking
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What yummy ideas for leftover chicken! With out kitchen gutted, I’m going to have to buy some rotisserie chickens, but want to try some of your lovely suggestions!
Oh, how fun that you are getting a new kitchen! Rotisserie chickens make my life so much easier in a pinch!
So smart to use a whole chicken and roast the veggies with it! I’m drooling over that soup!
The veggies are my favorite- I actually add way more under there if I can…those carrots are addictive once they’re roasted!
I love all of the ways that you have found to use a roasted chicken. Whenever I roast one, I always roast two – one for leftovers!
That is such a good point Stacey- I actually make two if they are smaller and you’re right- leftovers for days!
I love the taste of roasted chicken, but I’ve always been too chicken to do it myself. Definitely trying your way, looks like even I can handle it 🙂
It is messy, Jen, but so easy and the leftovers alone are so worth it!
Those pumpkin topped enchiladas sound so amazing!! Pinned and shared. Yum!
Thanks- those are unbelievable!