Herbed Roast Chicken
For a really delicious roasted bird, try this method of flavoring your roast chicken. I have given herb quantities but you can add lots more to even more flavor effect. Leftover chicken sandwiches from birds cooked this way are amazingly good.
3-6 cloves garlic
dried rosemary
dried thyme
salt
black pepper
Rinse your bird well under cold water. After rinsing, salt the skin of the bird and the cavity. Then, mince 3-6 cloves of garlic and place in a small bowl. Add 1 tsp sea salt, 1 tsp black pepper, 1-2 tsp dried rosemary minced, 1 tsp dried thyme. Mix this together. Crushed red pepper is great too, but maybe not for the kids. Lift the skin of the bird at the base of the breast bone and separate from the meat so that you can slide your hand under the skin. Then stuff this mixture on top of the breast meat under the skin. Finally brush olive oil onto the skin of the bird and roast in 400 degree oven until done. The herbs add loads of flavor to the already delicious meat!