Marian's Easy Roast Chicken

By tcasteel2000

Marian Cooper Cairns, Southern Living

JANUARY 2009

Ingredients

• 4 teaspoons kosher salt
• 2 teaspoons freshly ground pepper
• 2 (4- to 5-lb.) whole chickens
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 375°. Stir together salt and pepper.

2. If applicable, remove necks and giblets from chickens, and reserve for another use. Pat chickens dry. Sprinkle 1/2 tsp. salt mixture inside cavity of each chicken. Rub 1 1/2 tsp. olive oil into skin of each chicken. Sprinkle with remaining salt mixture; rub into skin. Place chickens, breast sides up, facing in opposite directions (for even browning), on a lightly greased wire rack in a lightly greased 17- x 12-inch jelly-roll pan.

3. Bake at 375° for 1 1/2 hours or until a meat thermometer inserted in thigh registers 180°. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.