Roasted Chicken

You can buy the rotisserie chicken at grocery store, and they're actually pretty good. But of course I think I can do better, so we made it at last Saturday for dinner.

Here, I will share the recipe with you and maybe give you some ideas.

Please don't hesitate to drop me any comments or questions regarding this recipe, I need it to improve my cooking in the future. Thank you :-)

Source : butterball.com modified by Desy &Tim

What you need :

- 1/2 stick softened unsalted butter (2 oz mentega, lelehkan)

- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage (1 sdm daun sage)

- 1 tablespoon lemon zest (1 sdm air jeruk nipis)

- 1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard (1 sdm mustard)

- 1/3 teaspoon salt (1/3 sdt garam)

- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper (1/4 sdt merica hitam bubuk)

- 1 (6 pounds) Fresh Whole Chicken, thawed if frozen. (1 ayam utuh, biarkan di suhu ruangan apabila sebelomnya disampan di lemari es)

Make it :

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Combine butter, herbs, zest, mustard, salt and pepper in work bowl or food processor, cover. Process until well blended.

2. Remove neck and giblets from body and neck cavities of chicken. Reserve giblets for stuffing recipe or dripping sauce. Place half the butter mixture under breast area. Rub remaining butter mixture over breast and legs of chicken.

3. Carefully work fingers under skin on breast of chicken. Place half the butter mixture under breast area. Rub remaining butter mixture over breast and legs of chicken.

4. Place chicken, breast side up, on a flat rack in a shallow baking pan.

5. Roast chicken another 2 hours or until meat thermometer reaches 170° F, when inserted into the deepest part of the thigh.

6. Let chicken stand 10 minutes before carving. Serve with gravy :-)

Indonesia version

Cara memasak :

1. Panaskan oven 325 derajat F atau 169 derajat C. Campurkan semua bahan kecuali ayam didalam mangkuk. Aduk hingga bumbu tercampur rata.

2. Hilangkan bagian leher dan bagian dalam/jerohan ayam. Sisihkan bagian dalam ayam untuk membuat saus. 

Dengan menggunakan tangan, buat jalan didalam kulit, antara kulit dan daging untuk memasukkan bumbu.

1/2 dari bumbu oleskan ke kulit ayam bagian dalam (bagian dalam diantara kulit dan daging) hingga rata. 

3. Sisa bumbu oleskan di bagian kulit luar ayam hingga merata, dan oleskan pula di bagian lain ayam.

4. Letakkan ayam yg sudah dibumbui ke dalam wadah utk meng-oven, letakkan dada ayam menghadap ke atas.

5. Oven ayam selama 2 jam atau cek dengan termometer utk daging hingga suhu mencapai  170 derajat F atau 77 derajat C.

6. Setaleh ayam matang, keluarkan dari oven, diamkan ayam selama 10 menit, baru potong-2 dan sajikan.

Servings : 6-7 servings

Cook method : bake/Roast

Preparation : 25 minutes

Cooking : 2 hours (for 6 pounds whole hicken)