Brined Roasted Chicken - 500 Degrees

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 gallon water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup kosher salt
• 1 (3 lb) whole chickens
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh parsley (minced fine)
• 1 teaspoon sage (if using fresh, 5-7 leaves)
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh rosemary (minced fine)
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme (minced fine)
• 2 1/2 lbs potatoes

Recipe

• 1 thoroughly dissolve sugar and salt into water.
• 2 soak chicken in brine for 1-3 hours (in refrigerator).
• 3 mix softened (room temperature) butter with herbs while chicken is in brine.
• 4 thoroughly rinse chicken and allow to drain, pat dry.
• 5 cut backbone out of chicken and flatten bird.
• 6 spray bottom part of broiler pan with vegetable oil.
• 7 scrub potatoes and cut into small bite sized pieces.
• 8 place potatoes in pan.
• 9 place flattened bird in top part of broiler pan, over potatoes.
• 10 loosen skin from flesh.
• 11 place herb butter between skin and flesh.
• 12 bake in hot oven (500 degrees) for 45 minutes to an hour. (or more, if potatoes are not browned).
• 13 serve with cooked spinach and hot crusty bread.