Baked Chicken

The Best Baked Chicken Ever…

Ingredients

1 Whole Chicken Cut Up

Bacon Slices

Celery

Carrots

Onion

Sage

Rosemary

½ cup butter (softened)

Salt

Red Pepper

Garlic powder

Canola Oil

Directions

In a small bowl, combine softened butter, red pepper, salt, and garlic powder. Use a fork to mix together until well combined. Cover and put in the refrigerator for 15 to 30 minutes, until firm but not hard.

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

Arrange celery, carrots, and half of the diced onions in the bottom of a roasting pan.

Add chicken broth , enough to cover the bottom of the pan and set aside.

Rinse the cut up chicken and pat dry. Use your finger to carefully loosen the skin around the chicken.  Take the butter mixture and cut into large pieces. Place the butter pieces under the skin of the chicken and then rub the rest of the butter mixture all over the top of the chicken. Then rub a couple capfuls of canola oil on outside of the chicken.

Place chicken on the baking rack that is above the bed of vegetables in roasting pan.

Arrange a slice of bacon on each chicken piece.

Place in the oven and cook at a temperature to 325 degrees F.

Roast for 1 hour, then baste with pan juices every 20 minutes until chicken starts to brown, or about 2 hours 3 hours. NOTE: Strain the chicken drippings at the bottom the pan into a bowl or cup, then refrigerate until ready to make the gravy. This makes the best gravy ever.