Roasted chicken with rosemary

8 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupButter or margarine
2tablespoonsDried rosemary
2tablespoonsChopped parsley -- fresh
3Cloves garlic -- minced
1teaspoonSalt
teaspoonPepper
1Whole roasted chicken -- 5
To 6 lb
8smallsRed potatoes -- halved
6eachesCarrot -- cut into 2 inch
2mediumsOnions -- quartered

Directions

In a small saucepan, melt butter. Add rosemary, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper. Place chickin on a rack in a roasting pan; tie drumsticks together. Spoon half of the butter mixture over chicken. Place the potatoes, carrots and onions around chicken. Drizzle remaining butter mixture over vegetables. cover and bake at 350 deg. for 1½ hr.

basting every 30 min. Uncover ; bake 1 hour longer or until juices run clear basting occasionally. Yield: 8 servings.

Recipe By : Country Woman