"Healthy" cooking is tricky to nail down, but I think a big step is knowing and seeing everything that's going into your food. And as easy as it is to grab a rotisserie chicken from the deli at your grocery store, a quick look at the label often shows more unknown ingredients than you probably expected.
Roasting a chicken at home is so simple, and best of all you get to see everything that goes into it. And when you roast it overtop a mix of herbs, spices, and vegetables, you have a delicious and comforting one-pan meal with flavor that will blow your mind. And with Fall officially here, we're gonna spice this one with all those warm & comforting spices we love so much.
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Roasted Chicken & Vegetables with Fall Spices
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minutesA one-pan meal that takes less than an hour. Simple, delicious, and a meal that will make any guest feel at home.
Ingredients
- For the chicken
1 Whole chicken
1 small handful fresh parsley
1 sprig fresh sage
1 sprig fresh rosemary
1 sprig fresh thyme
1 lemon or lime cut into quarters
olive oil
garlic powder
allspice powder
salt & pepper
- For the vegetables
1 1/2 lbs Baby potatoes washed, cut in half
1 lbs Brussels sprouts washed, cut in half, stems cut off
2+1 tbsp olive oil
1 bunch green onions just the white parts
2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 sprigs fresh rosemary
1 handful fresh parsley
2 sprigs fresh sage
2 bulbs garlic semi-peeled, cut in half
2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp onion powder
1 1/2 tsp ground allspice
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp salt
2 tsp black pepper
- For the pan sauce
drippings from pan
1-2 cups chicken bone broth
1 tbsp whole grain mustard
1 1/2 tbsp dijon mustard
3 tbsp maple syrup
1 tbsp lemon or lime juice
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and put a large cast iron skillet on medium heat with 2 tbsp olive oil.
- In a bowl, toss together all the ingredients for the vegetables. Leave the herb sprigs whole, just toss it all together with 1 tbsp olive oil until everything is coated evenly. Add the vegetables into the preheated pan and drop the heat to medium low.
- While the vegetables cook, prep the chicken by tying together the herbs and placing them inside the chicken cavity, along with the lemon or lime. Tie the chicken legs together and fold the wings back over themselves so they don't stick out.
- Coat the chicken with a thin layer of olive oil. Sprinkle the entire thing with salt, pepper, garlic powder and allspice powder, and spread it out evenly.
- Mix the vegetables around so the pieces on the bottom are no longer on the bottom (so they don't burn during cooking). Place the chicken on top with a meat thermometer in the thickest part of the thigh. When the thermometer reads 120, cover the breast part with a triangle of tin foil. Cook until the thermometer reads 170-175 (the foil slows the cooking of the breast so it will only be 165-ish, but you want the dark meat a higher temp to render its connective tissues and make it more tender).
- Once finished, remove the vegetables and chicken from the pan and put the pan on medium heat on the stove. Add the bone broth and lemon or lime juice and simmer, reducing by about 2/3. Add the mustards and maple syrup, whisk together and drizzle over the chicken (once it's been carved and is ready to serve).
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Made this tonight and loved it! I am really inspired by all the recipes. Please keep ‘em coming!
Chris and Julia, thanks for an amazing looking fall recipe! I too have an autoimmune disease and have experienced so much healing over the last years through food. Roast chicken is one of my favorite meals (love Danielle Walker’s AAG chicken recipe) and I’m excited to switch things up with this fall one. I’m just coming out of a first trimester (our 6th) and am just starting to think about food and cooking again. This video was the first recipe video I’ve watched in months! Excited and thankful for the inspiration!! I just might need to buy my first cast iron skillet to make just as suggested! Thanks again!
Thank you once again for what looks like another amazing recipe! I am trying to eat only the most nutritious foods--.no processed-- and your recipes always fit right into my eating plan. The bonus with this one is it's one pan! Yay! I am sure this would be good with almost any veggies. You and Julia are fabulous! Keep up the interesting and good work!
Thank you so much for sharing the recipe without a long essay on why chunky sweaters and crisp air makes you want to roast a chicken! Also, the recipe format is very easy to read - I really appreciate how the ingredients are darker than the more descriptive info. Makes it easy to shop from it. Thanks!
Thanks for these amazing recipes! I have recently been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and like Julia, am trying to follow a strict diet. So far my husband made your roasted pork loin with veggies and the basil dressing and it was AMAZING! I can't wait to try this one. From a fellow Idahoan, I love everything you guys do. Thanks for sharing your talents with us.
Thanks so much for the kind words, Kat! And we're cheering you on in your diagnosis. You got this!
I come for the decor inspiration but stay for the recipes!!
I love me a roasted chicken! It's the best way to keep the meat moist and juicy.
Looks tasty, going to try it this week. Can you link the thermometer? Thanks Chris!
You bet! I added it to the recipe above.
Awesome Recipe! Im going to make it next week!
Thank you! Wish you success!
These videos are such a delight to watch!!! Please keep ‘em coming!
If I don't have a skillet what do you recommend using?
You could skip the precook and just put it all in a roasting pan. :)
Tried this today and let me say thank you for this inspration. Quality and taste of my meals improved due to your cooking videos. Go ahaead ????
Awesome! So glad you're finding them useful. :)