Easy Sunday Roast Chicken Dinner

by user Elocina

Info
Cook Time:

Serves: 6

Ingredients

 * 1 chicken, thawed, washed, patted dry with paper towel
 * 1 tablespoon oil
 * 1 20-ounce package frozen broccoli, cauliflower, carrot mix

Gravy

 * All drippings in pan
 * 2 tablespoons flour
 * Broth or water as needed

Directions
1.Preheat oven to 350°F.

2.Remove giblets from chicken cavity and reserve for another use.

3.Rub skin with oil and season inside and out with salt/pepper as desired.

4.Place chicken in shallow roasting pan. Roast 2 to 2½ hours until thermometer registers 180°F.

5.During the last 30 minutes of roasting time, arrange thawed vegetables in pan around chicken, and season with salt/pepper as desired.

Gravy
1.Pour all juices remaining in pan into a heatproof 2-cup measuring cup.

2.Fat will rise to the top - pour off two tablespoons of this fat from the top into roasting pan. Discard remainder of clear liquid fat, retaining dark juices –- set them aside.

3.Stir 2 tablespoons of flour into fat in roasting pan.

4.Cook over medium heat 1 minute, stirring constantly.

5.To dark juices remaining in cup, add enough broth or water to equal 2 cups of liquid.

6.Whisk this liquid into flour mixture in roasting pan. Cook until gravy thickens, stirring constantly. Season with salt/pepper as desired.

Source

 * Chicken, Consumer Pack (Whole/Bagged), Frozen by the US Department of Agriculture, public domain government resource -- original source of recipe

From Tmp, a Wikia wiki.

From Recipes Wiki, a Wikia wiki.