Easy Roast Chicken

By pavaldez

Ingredients

• 2 whole chickens, preferably smaller ones
• salt
• pepper
• thyme
• rosemary
• 2 bay leaves

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

1. Season the cavity of each chicken with salt, pepper, thyme, and rosemary. Place a bay leaf in each chicken.

2. Place the chickens on a rack, breast side up, in or over a pan.

3. Roast the chickens for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until the internal temperature in the thigh meat is 170 degrees.

4. Remove from the oven and let rest for ten minutes. Save the drippings for gravy.

5. With kitchen shears or poultry shears, split the
chicken in half cutting down the center of the back and the center of breasts. Place a half chicken on each plate for serving.