Turn the oven on to 200 °C (gas mark 6-7). Let it heat for 10 min before the chicken goes in.
Prep the chicken
On the cutting board, pat the chicken dry with paper towels. Season it inside and out with salt and pepper.
Tip · For a really crispy chicken, dry the skin well before salting it.
Peel the vegetables
Peel the potatoes and carrots. Cut them into 2 cm to 3 cm pieces. Peel and slice the onion.
Arrange the vegetables
In the baking dish, spread out the potato and carrot pieces. Scatter the sliced onion around them.
Add the chicken
Set the whole chicken on the vegetables, breast side up. Drizzle with the oil and lightly salt the skin.
Roast
Put the dish in the center of the preheated oven. Roast for 1 hour 15 minutes without touching it.
Tip · Don't cover the dish: the skin needs to brown without steam.
Check for doneness
At the end, pierce the chicken at the thigh: the juices should run clear. If needed, roast 10 min longer.
And there you go, it's readyCheck off every step to celebrate.
The questions you're asking
short answers, numbers you can check
How many calories in a serving?
One serving has about 689 kcal. 24% comes from carbs, 36% from protein and 38% from fat.
42 gCarbs
61 gProtein
29 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy
689 kcal
Protein
61.3 g
Carbs
41.5 g
of which sugars
8.8 g
Fat
28.8 g
of which saturated fat
7 g
Fiber
8.2 g
Salt
0.8 g
Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.
How much does it cost?
About $2.41 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.
≈ $4.81for 2 people
≈ $2.41a serving
Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.
How long does it keep?
2 days in the fridge, in a closed container, once cooled within two hours. After that, into the freezer it goes.
2 daysin the fridge
Yesin the freezer, thaw it in the fridge the day before