How to Make Perfect Roast Chicken in Only an Hour

[Peter1469]

I found this good and easy recipe to roast a chicken.

Good directions with pictures.

The first meal a guy ever cooked for me was roast chicken. I was so impressed, which shows I was also incredibly naive. Roasting a chicken is stupid-easy: you don't even need a roasting pan.


Using a cast-iron skillet, it only takes an hour to cook a juicy, tender bird with crispy, salty skin. You already have all the equipment you need. Just go get a bird. And also someone you can impress who hasn't read this yet.

[sachem]

Looks good.

[Peter1469]

Can do the same with game hens.

[sachem]

What do you think @Bob?

[Bob]

What do you think @Bob?

I like it. What I wonder about is the butter. I use little butter. A pound lasts me a very long time.

[Peter1469]

I like it. What I wonder about is the butter. I use little butter. A pound lasts me a very long time.

Butter is a healthy fat and help with the browning of the bird.

Don't use margarine.

[Bob]

Butter is a healthy fat and help with the browning of the bird.

Don't use margarine.

Ahhh, could have looked it up in my nutritionist supplied book. Thanks ... I love butter and never use Margarine.

[Peter1469]

Ahhh, could have looked it up in my nutritionist supplied book. Thanks ... I love butter and never use Margarine.

Smart move. Margarine is a big cause of heart issues.

[Bob]

Smart move. Margarine is a big cause of heart issues.

The last time I ate margarine could be somewhere in the 1960s or early 70s. When the warnings on it were made public, I bailed out.

[Captain Obvious]

Smart move. Margarine is a big cause of heart issues.

Which is why its essential in buff wing sauce