Grammy's Kitchen · Roast Chicken · Garlic Butter Roast Chicken
One of 43 roast chicken recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 43 for browning depth among the roast chicken recipes we compared. 6 cooks on www.theroastedroot.net rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 43.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 6% | 3% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 1% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 2% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 1814 g | 1 4-pound whole chicken |
| 114 g | 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter |
| 27 g | 2 Tbsp avocado oil* |
| 15 g | 5 cloves garlic (roughly chopped) |
| 6 g | 1 Tbsp fresh rosemary (minced) |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup fresh parsley (chopped) |
| 6 g | 1 tsp sea salt (to taste) |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp black pepper |
| 1 lemon (quartered) |
Method: 10 steps, published by www.theroastedroot.net — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I love this recipe and have received many compliments on it! I do want to ask if you have ever done a brine before and used this same recipe. If so, did you change the ratio of salt when seasoning it due to the brining it? Do you think the salt ratio would nee” — a cook, 5.0★
“Delicious! This turned out so perfect! Not dry at all and so juicy! Will definitely be making this again!” — a cook, 5.0★