Simple Whole Roasted Chicken

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 (4 pound) whole chicken
• 5 cloves garlic, crushed

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ready Time: 1 hr 35 mins


• in a bowl, mix the salt, sugar, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon. rub the chicken with the mixture. cover chicken, and place in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
• preheat oven to 500 degrees f (260 degrees c).
• stuff the chicken cavity with the garlic. place the chicken, breast side down, on a rack in a roasting pan.
• roast 15 minutes in the preheated oven. reduce heat to 450 degrees f (230 degrees c), and continue roasting 15 minutes. baste chicken with pan drippings, reduce heat to 425 degrees f (220 degrees c), and continue roasting 30 minutes, to an internal temperature of 180 degrees f (85 degrees c). let stand 20 minutes before serving.