I've never roasted a chicken....top tips for first attempt please

greenpixey

Thanks Weegie for posting this question. I'm in the same situation. I will be cooking a chicken on sunday for the first time and before i read this thread i didn't have a clue how. I was to shy to ask...
Thank you all for posting your suggestions as well.:T

Phatmouse

I now always roast mine breast side down for the first hour, as all the fat in a chicken is on the underside and will soak through the chicken making it really moist, turn it over for the remanider of the time to crisp up the breast skin, no foil needed. No messing about just good honest meat!!!!

Honestly try it

weegie_2

Thanks guys - some great tips here.

Quite fancy roasting my spuds at the same time. Do I have to put them under the chicken as Kittiwoz suggests or just around the chicken......?

Will probaly tru cooking it upside down for the first hour as well....

wigginsmum

I'd put them around but baste them regularly with the chicken juices.

kittiwoz

What I do is to put them in the bottom of the roasting pan with the chicken sat on a rack above it. Except I actually use the grill pan because I don't have a roasting pan but it's much the same thing. I think either way should work fine.

astonsmummy

Hi all,
As the title say's i'm cooking a roast chicken tommorrow and was wondering if any of you old stylers have any tips on how to do it!
And any tast ideas you have xx

TIA xx

Ted_Hutchinson

I've just had roast chicken and this is what I did.
I allowed 20mins to the lb + 20 mins at mark 5 375F I added and extra 10 mins for the bird to rest.
I put the oven on about 15 mins before I needed to put the bird in.
I sprinkled salt and pepper on the bird and put it in a roasting tin with a lid.
On this occasion I put a quartered lemon inside the carcass. I started it upside down and turned it over after about half an hour.
I took the lid off half an hour before it was due to come out.
I checked it was done by sticking a fork in and watched carefully to see if any pinkness come out.
similar instructions here

Pink.

Hi astonsmummy,

We have a fairly recent thread on exactly the same subject so I'll merge your thread with it as some of the posts on it should help. The posts are listed in date order so you'll have to read from the beginning to see all the replies.

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pinkhammy

charlotte664 wrote:

Make sure the insides are removed.

My first attempt ever - I left them in the little plastic bag inside ............

(I was 17 though and just moved out - thats my excuse!)

:rotfl: I did that one xmas!! And it was not my 1st attempt, however I do blame the Christmas Eve "cheer" :beer:

Hubby very disappointed on xmas day!! :mad:

jpwhittle

i used to always cook chicken but one day found a chicken that just didnt want to be cooked id had it in for 2hours and it was still pink and yes the cooker was switched on. i got so annoyed i vowed id never cook another chicken in my life. im only 26. but recently iv found that if i price up a fresh chicken ten add gas or electric to a supermarket cooked chicken its cheaper to buy a cooked one. most small fresh chickens are £3 but its £2.75 for a cooked one. sorry i know theres kloads of good money saving tips on here just thought id mention what i found though