Vertical Chicken Roaster

Last night, I found my vertical chicken roaster.  I bought a whole chicken (economical meat), washed it, removed the "stuff" in the carcass, slid it over the rack and popped it into a 350 degree oven.  (I line a roasting pan with aluminum foil and put the roaster in the lined roaster to keep juices from dripping into my over.  But actually, the drip pan caught them all!! 

Here's a link to what it looks like... not very expensive at all.   
http://www.keywestchef.net/catalogs/catalog.a sp?prodid=2642955&showprevnext=1


In about 1 1/2 hours - I removed a delicious roasted chicken which had all the fats drained out of it.  The skin was crisply roasted brown and its ready to go for a meal.

Eating a roasted chicken without the skin - provides a lean meal with a delicious taste.

Ways to change the flavor of the chicken meat:

shake your favorite spice flavors into the cavity before placing the chicken on the rack; serve with dipping sauces like dijon mustard or barbeque sauce;  use cajun seasoning or other spices at the table - sprinkling on the cooked meat.

Hope this gives you an idea for a delicious meal... I cooked mine last night while I was cleaning up supper and watching the news.  I wrapped it in aluminum foil and put it in the refrig for another night's meal...

or stuff the cavity with cut-up lemons

This sounds like a pretty good thing. I'm going right now to put that on my shopping list.

Seems like I could put it in the oven, go for my walk and weightlifting, then throw together a veggie dish when I get back and supper's done. Woohoo!

It also just occurred to me that I never buy whole chickens because they're hard to cut up. Should save me some money now that I know of something easy to do with a whole chicken. Thanks! (I'm all about "ease of preparation"!)

you can also get those stands that fit a can.. to make beer can chicken.. you put 1/2 can (a big can with 1/2 the beer drained out) in it.. put the chicken on it and roast in the oven or the grill.. gives it a great flavor.. and you can use any liquid.. not just beer!  :) 

haah, obsidyan, i love beer butt chicken... but once my boyfriend bought cornish hens to make beer butt chicken, and i had to find tiny cans of beer. i did. it worked. rock.

omg.. that is too funny!  :)

Somebody was just telling me how WONDERFUL those chicken roasters are!!!