Sunday Baked Chicken Recipes

SUNDAY BAKED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• In a bowl, mash together the butter, ½ tsp black pepper, the thyme and the paprika.
• Sprinkle the chicken inside and out with the salt and the remaining ½ tsp black pepper.
• Rub the chicken all over with the butter mixture, spreading it as evenly as possible so the chicken will brown evenly.
• Scatter the potatoes, carrots, and garlic in the bottom of a large roasting pan.
• Top the vegetables with a roasting rack.
• Place the chicken on the rack, breast side up.
• Roast, stirring the vegetables occasionally, until the chicken is golden, the thigh juices run clear when pierced with a knife, or the temperature registers 180 degrees in the thigh, about 1 ½ hours.
• Transfer the chicken to a cutting board to rest for 5 minutes before carving.
• Serve with the vegetables and pan juices.

SUNDAY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine soups, 1/4 cup butter and rice. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Top with chicken pieces. Drizzle chicken with remaining butter. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and paprika. , Bake, uncovered, 2 hours or until chicken juices run clear and rice is tender.

SUNDAY CHICKEN RICE BAKE

Steps:

• Stir together cream of mushroom soup, milk, dry soup mix, and undrained mushrooms.
• Reserve 1/2 cup of soup mixture and set aside. Stir uncooked rice and vegetables into remaining soup mixture.
• Turn rice mixture into a 13x9 baking dish. Arrange chicken pieces atop.
• Pour reserved soup mixture over chicken. Sprinkle chicken pieces with paprika.
• Cover tightly with foil. Bake at 375 degrees until rice is tender, about 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours.

SUNDAY ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Using a sharp knife, trim stalks and root end of fennel bulb. Cut bulb lengthwise into quarters; cut and remove core. Cut fennel into 1-in. wedges. Place fennel, carrots and three of the onion quarters in a shallow roasting pan, spreading evenly., Cut lemon in half; squeeze juice into a small bowl, reserving lemon halves. Stir minced garlic, honey, salt, pepper flakes and pepper into juice., Place chicken on a work surface, neck side down. With fingers, carefully loosen skin from the tail end of the chicken breast. Spoon juice mixture under skin of breast; secure skin with toothpicks. Place garlic cloves, lemon halves and remaining onion inside chicken cavity. Tuck wings under chicken; tie drumsticks together. Place chicken over vegetables, breast side up., Pour orange juice over chicken. Roast 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until a thermometer inserted in thickest part of thigh reads 170°-175°. (Cover loosely with foil if chicken browns too quickly.), Remove roasting pan from oven; increase oven setting to 450°. Remove chicken from pan; tent with foil and let stand 15 minutes before carving., Meanwhile, return roasting pan to oven; roast vegetables 10-15 minutes longer or until vegetables are tender and lightly browned. Using a slotted spoon, remove vegetables from pan. If desired, skim fat from pan juices and serve with chicken and vegetables.

SUNDAY'S BEST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Finely grate the zest from the lemons to measure 2 tablespoons; set aside. Coarsely chop 2 lemons; place chopped lemons and rosemary sprigs in the chicken cavity. Save remaining lemon for another use., Place chicken on a rack in a shallow roasting pan; brush with oil. Combine the minced rosemary, pepper, salt and lemon zest; rub over chicken., Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 2-1/4 to 2-3/4 hours or until a thermometer inserted in thickest part of thigh reads 170°-175°, basting occasionally with drippings. (Cover loosely with foil if chicken browns too quickly.), Let stand for 15 minutes before carving. Discard lemons and rosemary sprigs.