Orange Basil Roast Chicken
Why I Love This Recipe
This is a Reynold's oven bag recipe
Ingredients You'll Need
1 Reynold's oven bag, large size
1 T. flour
5 to 7 lbs. whole roasting chicken
8 large fresh basil leaves
1 large orange, thinly sliced, divide
1 medium onion, sliced
Vegetable oil
1 tsp. black pepper
Directions
Preheat oven to 35 degrees
Shake flour in oven bag: place in 13 x9 x 2 inch baking dish
Loosen skin of chicken over breast area by slipping your fingers or a knife under the skin. Place basil leaves and 4 orange slices under the skin. Divide onion slices and remaining orange slices between the cavity of chicken and bottom of oven bag. Tuck the wings under the chicken and tie legs together. Brush chicken with vegetable oil; sprinkle with pepper. Place chicken in oven bag on top of onion and orange slices.
Close oven bag withnylon tie; cut 6 1/2 inch slits in top.
Bake 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours or until chicken is tender.
