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.

a whole roasted chicken with crispy skin on a metal platter, garnished with garlic and fresh herbs

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!!

Ingredients in Herbed Butter Roasted Chicken

Whole chicken: For this Herbed Butter Roasted Chicken, I used a 4 pound whole chicken. I get my organic, free-range chicken here.
Chicken stock: The chicken stock helps keep the chicken incredibly moist and juicy. To enhance the flavor even more, you could also use white wine or beer.
Butter: For this recipe I used salted butter. If you are using unsalted butter, you may need to add more salt.
Herbs and spices: To make the compound butter for this Herbed Butter Roasted Chicken recipe, I used dried thyme, rubbed sage, dried minced onion, garlic, salt, and pepper. You can also use fresh herbs. To substitute fresh herbs, you would use 3 times the amount. For example, one teaspoon of dried herbs would be equal to one tablespoon of fresh herbs.

Serving Suggestions

Honestly, you can serve it with anything you want, it pairs perfectly with just about any keto side dish recipe. 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.

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