Roasted Chicken

1: Place your Cast Iron Skillet in a cold oven and preheat to 450°.

2: Remove giblets from the inside of the chicken and discard.

3: Dry chicken inside and out.

4: Sprinkle the inside of chicken with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper.

5: Stuff the cavity of the chicken with onion, lemon, garlic, and herbs.

6: Cut a 1” slit in the skin behind the left leg.

7: Thread the chicken legs through the hole in the fatty skin to close the chicken cavity.

8: Brush the outside of chicken with olive oil and sprinkle with remaining salt and pepper.

9: Remove the cast iron skillet from the oven and place the chicken flat side down in the skillet.

10: Return the skillet to the oven and bake for approximately 60 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 165° internal temperature.

11: Remove chicken from the oven and discard stuffing in the cavity.

12: Remove legs, thighs, and breast meat.