Title: Simple Roasted Chicken
Categories: None
Yield: 8 Servings

1 Roasting (5- to 6-pound)
-chicken
Cooking spray
1 ts Dried herbs (such as basil,
-oregano, or thyme)
1/4 ts Salt
1/8 ts Pepper

1. Preheat oven to 450ø.
2. Remove the giblets and neck from chicken; discard. Rinse chicken under
cold water; pat dry. Trim excess fat.
3. Place chicken, breast side up, on a broiler pan. Insert meat thermometer
into meaty part of thigh, making sure not to touch bone. Coat chicken with
cooking spray; sprinkle with herbs, salt, and pepper.
4. Bake at 450ø for 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 400ø bake an
additional 45 minutes or until thermometer registers 180ø. Discard skin.

Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 3 ounces chicken).
Nutritional Information: CALORIES 163 (36% from fat); FAT 6.4g (sat 1.7g,
mono 2.3g, poly 1.4g); PROTEIN 24.6g; CARB 0.1g; FIBER 0g; CHOL 76mg; IRON
1.1mg; SODIUM 146mg; CALC 19mg
Posted to Digest eat-lf.v096.n211

Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 11:16:40 -0800

From: Sandi McGuire