Non-Rotisserie Chicken

I call this recipe non-rotisserie chicken because it tastes just like a rotisserie chicken but you can make it at home in the oven whenever you want. Plus, it is so much more healthy than store-bought rotisserie chicken since it has a lot less sodium. Store bought rotisserie chickens are injected with salt heavy solutions, added sugars, flavorings, phosphates, preservatives and stablizers, not to mention the plastic it is wrapped in leaching more chemicals from the plastic into the chicken. This recipe is one of our most often consumed dinners that we eat at least once a month. The magic is in the rub. I like buying a half chicken when I see them in the store because a half chicken is perfect for two people. But you can use this recipe for a whole chicken (it looks more like a rotisserie chicken) or cut-up chicken. Anyway you choose your chicken, the rub still works with baking it in the oven.

This is one of our comfort food dinners that just tastes like home. I usually cut-up some potatoes and carrots or sweet potatoes to roast with the chicken. They absorb all the juices and seasonings from the rub for perfectly seasoned sides to go along with the chicken. The rub is from a recipe of Hannah Freese RD's called Quarter Chicken with Mushrooms and Kale. At the end of her recipes she would list additional seasonings to add that are optional and that's how I adapted this recipe. I thought it tasted just like rotisserie chicken so now we eat it all the time.

Bruce just returned from a four day golfing trip to Palm Springs with some of his golf buddies so now we've been eating comforts-of-home meals, although they ate very well while they were there.

He's always happy to be home and eat our favorite homecooked dinners again. This recipe is so easy and quick, it will soon be a homecooked favorite of your's, too.

Serves 2 (or 4)

half chicken (or whole chicken)

1 tsp paprika (or 2 tsp paprika)

1 tsp. minced garlic (or 2 tsp. minced garlic)

1/2 tsp. thyme (dried) (or 1 tsp. thyme)

1/2 tsp oregano (dried) (or 1 tsp oregano)

1/4 tsp. sea salt (or 1/2 tsp sea salt)

cut up potatoes, carrots or sweet potatoes

1. Preheat oven to 375 degree F.

2. Whisk together paprika, garlic, thyme, oregano, and salt.

3. Place the chicken in a roasting pan and rub the seasoning mixture all over the chicken.

4. Add cut up potatoes, carrots or sweet potatoes.

5. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 1 hour. Thoroughly mix juices into vegetables and serve.

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