Easy Roasted Chicken Recipe

By now, you must be tired of hearing how easy it is to prepare Italian food at home and you’re probably ready to drown me in extra virgin olive oil (that actually wouldn’t be a bad way to go as long as I had some good bread with me).  However, I woke up this morning with a cold chill running through me because I’ve neglected to share with our readers one of the simplest recipes on the planet; namely, the roasted chicken.  Yes, I’ve shared a variant of the roasted chicken which requires a whole butterflied chicken and a barbecue, but the following version requires very little beyond an oven and a quality bird. 

OK, so here’s the process and the ingredients: heat your oven to 425 and cover a whole 3-4 chicken chicken with liberal amounts of kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.  Place the chicken in a cast iron or roasting pan.  If you have a lemon and parsley, stick half the lemon and some whole parsley in the cavity of the chicken.  Place the chicken in the oven for 1 hour and thereafter remove and let sit for 15 minutes.  That’s it, you’re done.