Grammy's Kitchen · Roast Chicken · Roasted Chicken
One of 43 roast chicken recipes we measured
from www.budgetbytes.com
It ranks #1 of 43 for browning depth among the roast chicken recipes we compared. 13 cooks on www.budgetbytes.com rate it 4.5★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 43.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 5% | 3% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| aromatics | 7% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 48% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 2268 g | 1 whole chicken (5 lbs, $8.97) |
| 30 g | 5 tsp coarse sea salt (or kosher salt, $0.10) |
| 907 g | 2 russet potatoes (about 2 lbs., $1.60) |
| 150 g | 1 onion ($0.94) |
| 183 g | 3 carrots ($0.30) |
| 6 g | 1 Tbsp dried rosemary ($0.65) |
| 114 g | 8 Tbsp salted butter (softened, $0.99) |
| 3 g | 1 head of garlic ($0.64) |
| 1 lemon ($0.64) |
Method: 14 steps, published by www.budgetbytes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“It was a decent recipe for the first time, I'm only giving 3 stars because the recipe calls for way too much butter for a 5 lb chicken. Against my better instincts I ended up rubbing on the full amount of butter both on top of the skin and underneath and it wa” — a cook, 3.0★
“Made this tonight for myself and my mother – I don't think I've seen her eat so enthusiastically in years. It felt really good to see something I made being devoured by the pickiest eater in TX. 💜 I did follow Chloe's advice in a previous comment and used l” — a cook, 4.0★