Basic roast chicken

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 (4-5 pound) chicken
Marinade for roast chicken

Directions

1. Wipe chicken with a damp cloth. Dry well with paper toweling; or hang up to dry in a cool, airy place for 1 to 2 hours. Transfer to a deep bowl.

2. Prepare any marinade for roast chicken (see any recipe "... for Roast Chicken": "Five Spices", "Scallion-Honey", "Tangerine Peel", or "Hoisin".) Then pour over chicken and rub into skin. Let stand 1 to 2 hours, turning occasionally. Drain, reserving marinade.

3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place chicken on a rack over a drip pan containing several inches of water (this will keep the drippings from burning). Roast until bird is tender and browned, basting with marinade at 15-minute intervals and turning bird occasionally. (Allow about 30 minutes roasting time per pound.)

4. With a cleaver, chop chicken, bones and all, in 2-inch sections; or carve Western-style, and serve. VARIATION: After step 2, brush bird with melted chicken fat.

From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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