Seasoned Roasted Chicken

Here's a very tasty way to make roast chicken. Leftovers taste wonderful as sandwiches or wrapped in tortillas. Its a family recipe I created one day when we had a lot of frying chickens in the freezer. Easy to make and tasty too.- Source: Mash317.

Ingredients

 * 3 to 3 1/2 pounds whole chicken


 * Chicken seasoning such as Montreal Chicken seasoning or Spice Islands chicken seasoning


 * olive oil


 * nonstick cooking spray

Directions

 * 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
 * 2. Spray a roasting pan with nonstick cooking pan.
 * 3. Spray roasting rack with nonstick cooking spray. Place rack inside roasting pan.


 * 4. Remove giblets, heart, gizzard from chicken cavity, if required.
 * 5. Rinse chicken and pat dry.


 * 6. Place chicken on roasting rack.


 * 7. Rub chicken with olive oil. Figure about 2 tablespoons, depending on personal taste and the size of the chicken.
 * 8. Season liberally with Montreal Chicken seasoning or other favorite seasoning mix. Spice Islands is another good choice.


 * 9. Roast chicken until the meat tests done. This should take about 2 hours.
 * 10. Roast chicken is safely cooked when the temperature registers 180 degrees F. Use a meat thermometer to check for doneness.
 * 11. Serve with tortillas, Spanish rice, corn.


 * To speed roasting, partially cook chicken in the microwave oven in a microwave-safe dish. Immediately roast chicken in conventional oven. This usually cuts the roasting time in half. Use a meat thermometer to check for doneness.
 * Use care when removing roast chicken from oven.

Things You Will Need

 * Roasting pan
 * Roasting rack
 * Oven mitts