Pesto Roasted Chicken

Name: Pesto Roasted Chicken
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 purple pesto recipe below. You may use regular basil in the recipe.; 1 whole chicken, average weight, 5 pounds

Taylor Topp Comacho @Tay68cancook

USA

Making my batch of pesto let me with extra. I didn't freeze any so I wanted to use it up. I slathered this all over inside and out and the chicken was fabulous. It smelled ridiculously good cooking too.

Taylor Topp Comacho @Tay68cancook

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Ingredients

1 hour 30 mins

6 servings

pesto
1purple pesto recipe below. You may use regular basil in the recipe.
1whole chicken, average weight, 5 pounds

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Steps

1 hour 30 mins

1

Wash with cool water your chicken inside and out. Pat dry with paper towels.
2

Rub pesto all over the chicken, inside and out. You will need about 3/4 cup of pesto.
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/357141-pesto-sauce

Pesto Sauce
3

Roast chicken in a preheated 425°F fahrenheit oven for 30 minutes. Lower oven to 350°F. Roast chicken for 20 minutes per pound. Chicken should reach 165°F. Let rest 20 minutes outside of oven.
4

Carve and serve.
5

Recipe by taylor68too.