Simple Roasted Chicken

Ingredients

1 4-pound pasture-raised chicken

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

dash of sea salt

dash ground black pepper

1/2 cup chicken broth or white wine

Instructions
1.
Rinse the chicken and pat it dry before trussing it with 100% cotton cooking twine.
2.
Drizzle olive oil over the chicken and sprinkle the bird generously with unrefined sea salt
and freshly ground black pepper.
3.
Place the trussed and dressed chicken into a clay baker or baking dish, adding 1/2 cup
stock or white wine to the bottom of the pan.
4.
Turn oven to 275 degrees Fahrenheit and roast the chicken, covered, for about three
hours.
5.
Increase the heat to 375 degrees Fahrenheit, uncover and continue roasting for about
thirty minutes.
6.
Remove from the oven and allow the bird to rest five to ten minutes before carving and
serving.
7.
Save the chickens frame to make roast chicken stock