This herbed butter roasted chicken is the juiciest chicken you will ever sink your teeth into. Packing the butter and seasoning between the breasts and the skin locks in the flavor and keeps the chicken moist all throughout the cooking.
How do you cook a whole chicken?
Have you ever tried to make an oven roasted chicken recipe only to end up with dry, bland chicken? Don’t worry, I think we have all been there. There are a couple of specific things you can do to avoid this. First, you’ll want to add chicken stock to the bottom of the roasting pan, which will help to kept the chicken moist and juicy.
Next, make a compound butter recipe, using grass-fed butter and fresh or dried herbs. Then you pack half of the compound butter between the skin and the breast of the chicken, which helps to lock in the moisture and makes for an incredibly juicy and flavorful roasted chicken recipe.
Finally, you slather the remaining compound butter all over the top of the chicken. Lastly, as you are roasting the chicken, you want to periodically baste the top of the chicken with the drippings from the pan, which will make a super crispy chicken skin. Delish!!
What should I serve with this keto herbed butter roasted chicken?
Honestly, you can serve it with anything you want, it pairs perfectly with just about any keto side dish recipe. I like to serve this recipe as part of my low carb Thanksgiving feast. There are a lot of years when our gathering it simply too small to cook an entire turkey and making a roasted chicken instead, makes for the perfect keto Thanksgiving centerpiece. With that in mind, I love to serve it with Cranberry Pecan Cauliflower Rice Stuffing, Keto Green Bean Casserole, Herbed Goat Cheese Cauliflower Mash, White Cheddar Sausage Keto Biscuits, and Low Carb Pumpkin Cheesecake Mousse. Just like that, you have a complete menu of keto Thanksgiving recipes.
Other keto chicken recipes you might enjoy:
- Keto Sesame Chicken Egg Roll in a Bowl
- Creamy Jalapeno Popper Chicken Soup
- Herbed Chicken and Mushroom Skillet Meal
- Chicken Parmesan Dip
- Keto Buffalo Chicken Tenders
- Keto Chicken Cordon Bleu Lasagna
- Stuffed Chicken Parmesan Meatloaf
- Keto Aisan Chicken Meatballs
- Keto Chicken Fried Steak
- Keto Chicken Pad Thai
Herbed Butter Roasted Chicken
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 70 minute
- Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons butter, at room temperature (ghee for dairy free)
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 2 teaspoons rubbed sage
- 2 teaspoons dried minced onion
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 pound whole chicken
- 1 1/2 cups chicken stock
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- In a small bowl, combine the butter, thyme, sage, onion flakes, salt, garlic powder and pepper. Mix until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
- Place the chicken, breast side up, in a shallow roasting pan. Add the chicken stock to the bottom of the roasting pan.
- Gently loosen the skin covering the breasts of the chicken, lifting it away from the breast, creating a pocket between the breast and the skin.
- Pack half of the herbed butter between the skin and the breasts, distributing it evenly. Rub the other half of the herbed butter all over the top of the chicken.
- Bake on the middle rack for 30 minutes. Take the chicken out of the oven, baste the juices over the top of it and return it to the oven. Roast for an additional 30 to 45 minutes, basting every 10 minutes.
- Roast until it is cooked all the way through, with a meat thermometer reaching 165°F, and the skin is nice and crispy.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6oz of chicken
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 0.3g
- Sodium: 494mg
- Fat: 33.9g
- Saturated Fat: 12.1g
- Carbohydrates: 0.9g
- Fiber: 0.2g
- Protein: 34g
- Cholesterol: 179mg
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