Roasted Chicken with Orange Basil Butter Rub and Oven Roasted Red Peppers

By ladygourmet

These are delicious and go great on a sandwich.

Enjoy with Love,

Catherine
xo

Ingredients

• Rub for the chicken skin:
• 1 whole chicken – about 5 lbs.
• Dashes of ground oregano
• Dashes of salt
• Dashes of black pepper
• Dashes of garlic powder
• 1 tsp. of sugar
• Drizzle of olive oil
• Orange Basil Butter:
• 3 tablespoons of butter
• 1 tablespoon of orange marmalade
• 2 cloves of garlic
• Healthy handful of fresh basil
• Dash of salt
• Dash of black pepper
• Oven Roasted Red Peppers:
• 3 red bell peppers – sliced
• 1/2 Spanish onion – sliced
• 4 cloves of garlic – chopped
• Healthy handful of fresh basil - chopped
• Dashes of salt
• Dashes of red pepper flakes
• Dashes of dried oregano
• Drizzle of olive oil

Details

Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from livingthegourmet.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Rub for the chicken skin:
Combine all of the seasonings in a small dish and drizzle with olive oil to form a paste. Rub all over the skin.

Orange Basil Butter:
Place the butter and all of the other ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth.

Gently lift the skin and rub this butter all over, under the skin.

Preheat Oven 375:

Place the prepared chicken in a baking pan.

Bake 55-60 minutes or until the juices of the chicken run clear.

This is a juicy and delicious chicken.

Oven Roasted Red Peppers:
Place all of the ingredients in a baking pan. Add the seasonings and drizzles of olive oil and bake in the oven.

Bake 45-50 minutes.