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Saturday, May 7, 2011

Mermaids Tender Roast Chicken


Ingredients:
  •     4 lbs whole chickens
  •     2 garlic cloves
  •     3 tablespoons butter
  •     1 onion
  •     2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  •     salt and pepper

Directions:
Total Time: 2 1/4 hrs
  1. Preheat oven to 325.
  2. Place 1 tablespoon oil on the bottom of glass pan.
  3. Thoroughly clean chicken, removing all excess from cavity.
  4. Put 1 tablespoon oil on a paper towel and lightly rub the chicken down with oil Salt and pepper the skin.
  5. Insert 1 tablespoon butter, garlic and some chopped onion into cavity.
  6. Place the chicken on it's back and insert one tablespoon of butter between the skin and the breast, for   each breast.
  7. (You have to kind of pull the skin a little to get the butter underneath it. This is what causes the chicken to be so tender and juicy.)
  8.  Cook for approx 2 hours, basting every 30 minutes if possible.