Right now I find cooking eases my mind. So, I am cooking a lot. Tonight I cooked Julia’s Baked Chicken. Mmmmm, was it good! Here is a picture and the recipe below.
* 1 (3 1/2 to 4 pound) chicken
* 1 small yellow onion, quartered
* 1 lemon, thinly sliced
* 1/2 cup celery leaves
* Salt and black pepper
* Butter
* 1 small onion, chopped
* 1-4 carrots, chopped
* 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
* 2 cups chicken broth
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Wash the chicken in water and dry thoroughly. Season the cavity with salt and black pepper and stuff with the onion, lemon, and celery leaves. Rub the chicken lightly with softened butter and season all over with salt and pepper. Tie the drumsticks ends together and set the chicken, breast side up, in an oiled v-shaped rack or on an oiled roasting pan in the oven.
Roast for 15 minutes at 425 degrees F, then reduce the heat to 350 degrees, baste the chicken, and roast for 15 minutes. Add the chopped onion and carrots to the pan, basting them and the chicken. Continue roasting the chicken until the juices run clear, for a total of 45 minutes plus an additional 7 minutes for each pound. (In other words, a 3 1/2 pound chicken would take a basic 45 minutes plus an additional 25 minutes, for a total 70 minutes or 1 hour and 10 minutes of cooking time.)
Remove the chicken and spoon the fat out of the roasting pan. Into the pan, stir in the herbs and blend in the broth and, stirring constantly, boil for several minutes on the stove top to concentrate the flavor. Correct the seasoning and strain the sauce into a warm sauce boat. Carve the chicken and serve with the warm sauce.
Check your veggies and if they need to cook more you can toss them into the stove top saucepan and simmer for a few more minutes on there.
Looks like I’m going to have to be a copy cat and buy Julia’s cookbook = yum, yum again!!!!
Oh boy, that looks great!!! I love chicken!
Have fun getting beautiful today! Love YOU, Mel
Oh MB you are killing me here! I am sooo hungy! I wish I could eat at your house. 🙂 I can almost smell how good it is.
beautifully done, MB! Did you sing while you were massaging the butter into the bird?
Your blog looks like a cook book for the moment, lol ! I am getting hungry !! My son too loves to cook he said it helps him against stress. You can both cook for me ! and i am sure Jack purrs like a big cat !
I soooo agree with everyone…esp. what Betty said!!
:-)s
linda