BROWN SUGAR ROASTED CHICKEN

BROWN SUGAR ROASTED CHICKEN image

Categories Chicken

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 roasting chicken (Mine was about 5lbs, but any size will do. Just add a little more/less butter and sugar)
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon course sea salt*
1 teaspoon black pepper*

Steps:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Clean or prepare your chicken for roasting, remove giblets and pat completely dry with a paper towel. In a bowl, combine softened butter and brown sugar with a spoon until creamy. Using your hands, rub butter over entire chicken, including underneath the skin if you wish. Sprinkle the entire thing with salt and pepper. Set chicken in a roasting pan breast-side up, or roast it over a beer can like I did: I set a beer can with a few sips of beer left in my pan, shoved it up the chicken's you know and then roasted it. If desired you can layer some slices onions under the chicken, but I did not do this. The butter and sugar really caramelizes and I'm not sure any veggies would hold up underneath it. Roast for about 1 hour and 20 minutes. I use Ina Garten's tip of slicing the leg and if the juices run clear it's done! Let rest for about 15-20 minutes before cutting. *these are just rough estimates, I simply sprinkle salt and pepper all over the entire chicken.