Perfect Roasted Chicken
Poulet Roti
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INGREDIENTS 1 (4-pound) chicken
2 tablespoons goose fat, at room temperature
Salt and pepper
Oil for the rackPreheat oven and roasting pan to 400 degrees. Rinse chicken and pat dry with paper towels. Do not truss.
Brush chicken with the goose fat and sprinkle with salt and pepper (using goose fat instead of oil or butter will make the skin very crispy and the meat more flavorful). Lightly brush the rack with oil.
Remove heated pan from the oven and set the rack on it. Place chicken on the rack, on its side, wing side up. Roast for 20 minutes, rotate the chicken, on its other side. Roast for 20 minutes; set breast side up.
Roast for another 30 minutes until temperature in the thigh registers between 165 and 170 degrees.
Transfer chicken to a cutting board and let rest 10 minutes breast side down, loosely covered with foil. Carve and serve.
Makes 4 servings