Seasoned Roasting Chicken

Prep: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 5 hours
Ready in: 5 hours and 15 mins.


1 Whole Roasting Chicken
½ small onion (optional)

Seasoning mix:

4 tsp salt
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp white pepper
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp black pepper


Preheat oven to 250.
Mix together seasoning mix and rub on to chicken (can do the night before and keep covered in fridge to soak up seasonings).
Stuff chicken with chopped onion (optional)
Place chicken upright in 13X9 pan. (Chicken is upright when thermometer is upright.)
Cook in preheated oven for 5 hours – ignore pop-up thermometer
Baste with baster every ½ hour with chicken’s own juice
If chicken is dry then baste with butter and water