Bacon Roasted Chicken

My family loves this chicken! It is always so hurting and moist and is a truth Sunday dinner. The bacon helps to baste the chicken while it cooks. Recipe can be adjusted to any size total chicken.

The ingredient of Bacon Roasted Chicken

1. 2 tablespoons butter
2. 1 (4 pound) whole chicken
3. salt and pepper to taste
4. 1 teaspoon dried thyme
5. 2 carrots, cut in chunks
6. paprika to taste
7. 8 slices bacon
8. 2 cups beef broth

The instruction how to make Bacon Roasted Chicken

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (220 degrees C).
2. daub smooth butter higher than the entire chicken. Season once salt, pepper and thyme. Place the carrots inside the cavity, and tie the legs together. Place the chicken breast side taking place in the works in a roasting pan. Lay bacon strips across the top of the chicken, and commentator with toothpicks. Sprinkle subsequent to paprika. Pour the beef broth into the roasting pan - accomplish not pour over the bacon.
3. Roast for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, the reduce the heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Baste similar to some of the broth. Continue to roast for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until the internal temperature is 180 degrees F (82 degrees C) bearing in mind taken in the thickest portion allocation of the thigh. Baste the complete 15 minutes taking into account bearing in mind the broth.
4. Remove the bacon and discard toothpicks. Roast the chicken for 15 more minutes to brown the skin. Transfer to a serving platter, and sever the ties. You may eat the bacon, but it is best to discard the carrots.

Nutritions of Bacon Roasted Chicken

calories: 495.4 calories
carbohydrateContent: 2.4 g
cholesterolContent: 153.1 mg
fatContent: 32 g
fiberContent: 0.7 g
proteinContent: 46.6 g
saturatedFatContent: 10.6 g
servingSize:
sodiumContent: 713.3 mg
sugarContent: 1 g
transFatContent:
unsaturatedFatContent: