Going to make a whole roast chicken for the first time ever.

Probe thermometer.

Shove some Onions, carrots, celery, bay leaves, butter, thyme, parsley and half a lemon in that bitch.

>>7206225

Follow this recipe, it's the best roast chicken I've ever made:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wk2cYarjOI

>>7206251
Preach.

Although I follow Chef John's version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wk2cYarjOI

It's pretty hard to fuck up.

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>>7206225
If you can do better than a supermarket chicken I'd advise doing so. Depending on where you live this could be a chicken from a local farm, a free-range heritage breed bird from an upscale grocery or a Buddhist chicken from an Asian market. Anything with normal proportions instead of tiny little legs compared to a giant breast.

These birds are more expensive, but they're more flavorful, so you don't need any tricks to make them tasty.

Make sure it's on a rack.
Make sure you pat the chicken dry.
Salt and pepper, nothing else is necessary.