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Best Chicken recipe you'll ever make

Best Roasted Chicken Ever

Rebecca Huff
For a tender, juicy chicken, put the time in to do this brine and you'll never go back to boring and dry plain roasted chicken again!
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Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 2- pack organic chicken

For Brine:

  • 1 cup Himalayan salt if you don't have it, use Kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2-3 sprigs Rosemary or you can substitute a handful of bay leaves
  • Juice of two lemons
  • 1 tablespoon of black peppercorns

Instructions
 

  • In a pot combine everything with 2 cups of water and bring just to a boil, stir well then remove from heat.
  • Pour brine into a gallon size jug or container and fill the rest of the way with fresh, filtered water.
  • The gallon of water should be cold enough to brine the chickens so you can immediately put them into a container (like a giant bowl or brining bags) making sure the brine fully covers the chickens.
  • Let rest in the refrigerator overnight.
  • Pat the chickens dry and let them stand at room temperature for 10-15 minutes.
  • Coat two iron skillets (or whatever roasting pan you have) with a bit of avocado oil (or whatever you have) add the chickens to the skillets breast side up.
  • When ready to roast the chickens preheat oven to 475 degrees, put skillets with chickens in the oven and roast 10 minutes, then reduce temperature to 350 degrees.
  • Roast Chickens for about an hour or until the internal temperature between thigh and drumstick reads 165 degrees. (please use a meat thermometer) If they start to get too brown on the top cover with a piece of foil gently just on the top of the chickens to prevent over browning.
  • Allow chicken to rest for 10 minutes before carving.
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