Julia Child's Roast Chicken Recipe

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Julia Child's Roast Chicken
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Ingredients
8
Count
Nutrition
39
Calories
Total time
6
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. Sprinkle the inside of the chicken with 1/4 teaspoons salt and 1 Tb. butter.
  3. Truss the chicken and dry it thoroughly.
  4. Rub the skin with 1 Tb. butter.
  5. In a small saucepan melt 2 tb. butter, and 1 tb. cooking oil. Set aside for basting.
  6. Place the chicken, breast up, in a shallow roasting pan. Strew the vegetables around it and set it on the rack in the middle of a preheated oven.
  7. Allow the chicken to brown lightly for 15 minutes, turning it on the left side after 5 minutes, and the right side for the remaining 5 minutes. Baste after each turn with the butter and oil mixture.
  8. Reduce oven to 350 degrees.
  9. Leave the chicken on its side and baste every 8 to 10 minutes using the fat in the roasting pan when the butter and oil are exhausted.
  10. Halfway through estimated roasting time (about 40 minutes in) salt the chicken with 1/4 teaspoons of salt and turn it on its other side. Continue basting.
  11. Fifteen minutes before the end of estimated roasting time (about 1 hour and 5 minutes in) salt again and turn the chicken breast up. Continue basting.
  12. When done, discard trussing strings and set on a hot platter. Chicken should sit at room temperature for 5 to 10 minutes before being carved so the juices are absorbed by the meat. Chicken is done when it registers between 175 and 190 degrees, depending on your preferred doneness.
  13. While the chicken is sitting, remove all but two tablespoons of fat from the pan.
  14. Stir in the minced shallot and cook slowly for 1 minute. Add the stock and boil rapidly over high heat, letting it reduce to about 1/2 cup.
  15. Season with salt and pepper and swirl in the last 1-2 tablespoons butter.
  16. Pour a spoonful over chicken and serve the rest at the table as gravy.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 39.36 Kcal (165 kJ)
Calories from fat 20.87 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2.32g 4%
Cholesterol 51.53mg 17%
Sodium 48.21mg 2%
Potassium 55.15mg 1%
Total Carbs 0.54g 0%
Sugars 0.16g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0.05g 0%
Protein 3.85g 8%
Vitamin C 2.8mg 5%
Vitamin A 0.6mg 21%
Iron 1mg 6%
Calcium 3mg 0%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 142.03 Kcal (595 kJ)
Calories from fat 75.31 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.37g 4%
Cholesterol 185.98mg 17%
Sodium 174mg 2%
Potassium 199.04mg 1%
Total Carbs 1.93g 0%
Sugars 0.57g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0.17g 0%
Protein 13.9g 8%
Vitamin C 10.1mg 5%
Vitamin A 2.3mg 21%
Iron 3.7mg 6%
Calcium 10.9mg 0%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 1
    Points
  • 1
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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