This Oven Roasted Chicken and Potatoes, covered in garlic herb butter, is an easy one pan meal the whole family will love. The garlic herb butter makes the skin crispy and flavorful while the meat inside stays tender, juicy, and perfectly seasoned.
This whole roasted chicken is perfect for serving on holidays, but it’s easy enough to make a great weekend meal. For more whole chicken recipes, you can also try our classic Rotisserie Chicken, or this Lemon Pepper Rotisserie Chicken.
Oven Roasted Chicken and Potatoes
Oven roasted whole chicken and potatoes is an easy and healthy one-pan meal the entire family will love. It’s made with a whole chicken, potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, and onions and seasoned with an incredible garlic herb butter.
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You can substitute the vegetables for any root vegetable. If your family just loves sweet potatoes, do that. If your family loves all red potatoes, do that. This is a versatile and easily adaptable meal, and one that your Grandma and Mom probably made.
If you love easy baked chicken recipes, be sure to check out this healthy Baked Lemon Ginger Chicken, Grilled Caprese Chicken Breast, and this BBQ Grilled Chicken Salad, so good!
Baked Chicken and Potatoes Video Tutorial
Key Ingredients
- Chicken – find a whole chicken that is pinkish, has no smell, and is free of any nicks or spots.
- Butter – make sure your butter is soft before trying to mix it with the seasoning and herbs.
- Garlic – fresh minced garlic will have the best flavor for this herbed butter.
- Herbs – I like to use a combination of thyme, rosemary, and sage. You can use fresh or dried, and feel free to mix and match quantities.
- Fresh Lemon – you will need to add a half lemon to the inside cavity of the chicken.
- Potatoes – I oven will use Yukon potatoes, sweet potatoes, red potatoes, or russet potatoes.
- Onion – yellow or white work great.
- Carrots – peel and cut into 2″ pieces.
How to Make Roasted Chicken with Potatoes
- Prepare the chicken. Remove the giblets from the chicken then pat the chicken dry with a paper towel. Stick a half lemon in the cavity of the chicken. Tie the legs together with a piece of string and tuck the wings underneath. Season with salt and pepper over the entire chicken.
- Mix the garlic herb butter. In a small mixing bowl, add the room temperature butter, salt, garlic, thyme, rosemary, sage, and onion powder. Use a fork and mash all the ingredients together until smooth.
- Add the vegetables. Place chicken into a glass baking dish, dutch oven, or cast-iron skillet and smear the garlic herb butter over the entire bird. Place cut potatoes, onions, and carrots into a large bowl and add the avocado oil and garlic salt. Toss, then add the veggies around the chicken.
- Roast the chicken. Bake in a preheated oven for about 45-60 minutes, or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165 degrees F in the thickest spot. If the skin on the chicken begins to brown before it is done, cover loosely with aluminum foil and continue to bake.
- Rest and serve. Remove the chicken and let it rest for at least 10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
Oven Roasted Chicken Breast Bone-In
You can also use this recipe and technique to make oven-roasted chicken breast bone-in. The butter, seasoning and garlic spread is incredible on bone-in chicken breast. Just roast the chicken and vegetables on a baking sheet to ensure it all gets done evenly.
Frequently Asked Questions
While the terms roasting and baking can be used interchangeably, roasting generally refers to cooking at a higher temperature (400°F and above) to create a browned, flavorful “crust.” Baking usually refers to cooking at a lower temperature until cooked.
The most foolproof way to know when a chicken is done is to insert an instant read thermometer into the thickest part of the meat, making sure to avoid the bone. If the thermometer reads between 160° and 165°, it’s done.
In order for the chicken to get a nice golden brown skin, you want to start roasting uncovered. If you notice the skin browning before the chicken has finished cooking, you can cover it loosely with aluminum foil.
At 400 degrees, you can generally assume that it will take about 15 minutes per pound for a whole chicken to cook all the way through. So for a 3-4 pound chicken, it should take around 45-60 minutes.
You can use a cast-iron skillet, pyrex baking dish, or dutch oven. A pan with built-in handles is best.
Oven Roasted Chicken and Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 whole fryer chicken, (3-4 pound)
- 1 large lemon, cut in half
- 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
- 6 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons thyme, fresh chopped
- 2 teaspoons rosemary, fresh chopped
- 1 teaspoon sage, fresh chopped
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 pound potatoes (Yukon gold, red potatoes, Russet), cut into 2" pieces
- 3 large carrots, cut into 2" pieces
- 1 medium onion, cut into 2" pieces
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Remove the giblets from the chicken then pat dry with a paper towel. Stick a half lemon into the cavity of the chicken, tie the legs together with a piece of string, and tuck the wings underneath. Season with salt and pepper over the entire chicken.
- In a small mixing bowl, add the room temperature butter, salt, garlic, thyme, rosemary, sage, and onion powder. Use a fork and mash all the ingredients together until smooth.
- Place chicken into a glass baking dish, Dutch oven, or cast-iron skillet and smear the garlic herb butter over the entire bird.
- Place cut potatoes, onions, and carrots into a large bowl and add the avocado oil and garlic salt. Toss, then add the veggies around the chicken.
- Bake in a preheated oven for about 45-60 minutes, or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165 degrees F in the thickest spot. If the skin on the chicken begins to brown before it is done, cover loosely with aluminum foil and continue to bake.
- Remove the chicken from the oven and let it rest for at least 10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
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This roast chicken with potatoes is a simple, healthy meal that works great for all occasions. It’s also something the whole family will love.
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