The general idea is to preheat an oven with a skillet to 450, prep the chicken with some oil (I used butter) and salt/pepper (I added some garlic also) and then putting the chicken in the hot pan so the dark meat will cook more being in direct contact with the skillet. Also, the pan will keep the liquid from evaporating completely for a pan sauce or in my case gravy. Cook until breast temp of 120 and then turn off the over and let it continue to cook in the hot oven. It works well.
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This will become a fav in this household.
Notes: This CI recipe called for a 3 1/2 to 4-pound chicken. Mine was 5 pounds so a little bigger. Mine took 35 minutes to reach the “turn off the oven” point vs. their 20-25. CI always likes a pan sauce. I love grave and used the accumulated liquid to make a tasty gravy.
Spray an oven safe pan with PAM. Place in oven and preheat to 450 convection.
Pat dry a whole chicken, tie legs together with butcher twine and tuck wings under.
Rub surface with 1 T butter. I use a baggie here.
Sprinkle with seasoning. I’m using my 7:2:1 mix here but just salt and pepper would be OK.
Transfer to your preheated pan. Let roast until breast temp is 120 and thigh is 135. For my 5 lb. bird that was 35 minutes. For a 4 lb. bird this would be more like 25 minutes.
Turn OFF oven and let set in hot oven until breast temp is 160 and thigh is 175. About 25 minutes. Move chicken to a plate and pour any liquid in the chicken cavity into the pan.
In a Tupperware gravy shaker combine 3/8 cup AP flour with a cup cold water and shake until combined. You should be able to use a whisk and bowl if you don’t have this.
Over high heat, bring the dripping to a hard boil. If you didn’t have enough liquid, add some chicken broth. I had about 3/4 cup of liquid to start and didn’t need more volume. You want to start with 3/4 to 1 1/2 cup of liquid. Slowly add the water/flour mixture while continuously stirring. Do about half of what you have mixed initially. In about 2-3 minutes, the mixture will thicken. Add more flour mixture is not thick enough and continue to stir. Continue this until the desired thickness. Add salt to taste.
| Prep Time |
| 10 minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 65 minutes |
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| This is very close to that "ideal" recipe of just throw something in the oven and have it come out great. Based on a Cooks Illustrated recipe called Weeknight Roast Chicken. I took the technique and added some of my 7:2:1 garlic season and got a recipe you can do on a weeknight or for Sunday dinner for the family.
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- 1 whole chicken about 4-5 lb.
- 1 tablespoon butter
- to taste 7:2:1 or 7:2:2 seasoning
- 3/8 cup AP flour
- to taste salt
- Spray an oven safe pan with PAM. Place in oven and preheat to 450 convection.
- Pat dry the chicken, tie legs together with butcher twine and tuck wings under.
- Rub surface with 1 T butter. Sprinkle with seasoning. I'm using my 7:2:1 mix here but just salt and pepper would be OK.
- Transfer to your preheated pan.Let roast until breast temp is 120 and thigh is 135. For my 5 lb. bird that was 35 minutes. For a 4 lb. bird this would be more like 25 minutes.
- Turn OFF oven and let set in hot oven until breast temp is 160 and thigh is 175. About 25 minutes. Move chicken to a plate and pour any liquid in the chicken cavity into the pan.
- In a Tupperware gravy shaker combine 3/8 cup AP flour with one cup cold water and shake until combined. You should be able to use a whisk and bowl if you don't have this.
- Over high heat, bring the dripping to a hard boil. If you didn't have enough liquid, add some chicken broth. I had about 3/4 cup of liquid to start and didn't need more volume. You want to start with 3/4 to 1 1/2 cup of liquid. Slowly add the water/flour mixture while continuously stirring. Do about half of what you have mixed initially. In about 2-3 minutes, the mixture will thicken. Add more flour mixture is not thick enough and continue to stir. Continue this until the desired thickness. Add salt to taste.
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Last Updated
July 8, 2016
Denise Stratton
I used your chicken drummie recipe on chicken leg quarters and it works great! I just had to add a little extra time to the baking (about 15 mins). My husband LOVED the skin (he said it was PERFECT)!!! :)
A little suggestion? You might want to clarify the amount of flour to liquid used in this recipe for making the gravy. Your recipe says: “combine 3/8 cup AP flour with equal amount of CUP cold water”, but some people might think they should add one cup of cold water instead of an equal 3/8 cup of cold water. Since I’ve been cooking a while I knew what to do, but it might confuse some inexperienced cooks.
I love your recipes!!! Thank you for sharing…
DrDan
Hi Denise,
It has apparently been like that for over 6 years. I have clarified the whole section.
Actually, I want the flour in one cup of cold water. An equal amount works as you know but I’m trying to get the volume up for the total amount of gravy to be more reasonable for a whole chicken.
Thanks so much for the proof-read and welcome to the blog.
Dan
Cole
I notice that you oil your whole roasted chicken but not your drummies. Why the difference?
Dan Mikesell
Ho Cole,
Good question. With the drumsticks, I what very crispy skin so no oil. Here I want a skin with a little flex that will stay on the pieces when cut. Also I wanted some butter taste and it does help hold the spices. Lastly a little butter in the gravy is always good for taste. But you can skip it if you want.
Dan
Mnique S.
Please send me recipes as you make them. I like what you do.
Chris
That breast looks perfectly cooked. I do a similar roast chicken except I do mine spatchcocked and start skin down at the beginning just for a quick sear. That gets the color started well but yours turned out great too. I’ll have to experiment with this.