The Easiest Cast Iron Roast Chicken Recipe
Serves 6
10 mins prep
120 mins cook
130 mins total
This is the easiest cast iron roast chicken recipe! Tender and juicy, this whole roasted chicken is cooked in the oven in a cast iron skillet.
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Preheat the oven to 375˚.
Slice the onion and place an even layer in the bottom of a large cast iron skillet.
Remove the gizzards from the inside of the chicken and discard. Pat the outside of the chicken dry with paper towels.
Place the chicken, breast side up, on top of the onions. Cut the lemon in half and place it in the cavity of the chicken along with the fresh thyme and sage.
Use cooking twine to tie the legs of the chicken together and tuck the tips of the wings underneath the breast to prevent burning.
Rub the olive oil over the entire skin of the chicken and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Roast this chicken in the preheated oven, uncovered, for 1 1/2 - 2 hours or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165˚ in the thickest part of the breast and the innermost part of the thigh and wing.
Let the chicken rest for 10 minutes before carving and serving with the drippings.
