Friday
Mar042011
How to Roast a Chicken
Friday, March 4, 2011 at 4:00AM 
By David Hu
In the time that it takes you to watch this video, you could have prepped a chicken and popped it into the oven, where it would roast unattended until dinner. Sure it’s easy to buy a rotisserie chicken from the supermarket, but there’s nothing like the flavor of a plump, juicy, homemade roast bird. Bonus: your whole house will smell so inviting, making everyone ravenous.
Be sure to crank up your oven before you start, since it will take 10 or 15 minutes to get the heat up to 400 degrees. The length of time required to roast your chicken depends on the size of the bird. Allow 15 to 18 minutes per pound. Altogether, you’ll need about 1 to 1 ½ hours of total roasting time.