Prepare Ingredients

Clean the chicken

• Remove the chicken from it's wrapping, pull out quills if there are any, and remove the packet of giblets from the cavity.
• With kitchen shears cut off excess skin and fat around the cavity opening.
• Wipe the cavity dry with a strong paper towel.
• Liberally salt the inside cavity and the skin of the chicken.
• Rub the breast with your choice of oil or butter. Use herbs or spices of your choice in the rub.

Cooking Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Put the chicken in a roasting pan or on a rack placed in a baking pan.
• Roast for 20 minutes per pound. When done, the skin will be golden brown and and the skin at the end of the legs will have shrunk up to expose the bone. Also, the legs will be easy to move around. Not all ovens maintain an accurate temperature, so check for doneness during the last 20 to 30 minutes of roasting. If using a thermometer, cook until the thickest part of the breast meat reaches 165 degrees.