One Pot Easy Cajun Whole Roasted Chicken Recipe
One Pot Easy Cajun Whole Roasted Chicken Recipe - the most juicy, tender, and delicious whole roasted chicken recipe bursting with cajun spices and butter for a spicy, flavorful whole roasted chicken you can make in just one pan or dutch oven! Perfect for meal prep or a hearty easy whole roasted chicken dinner.
Servings: 6 people
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Ingredients
- 8 cups water warm
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup fine sea salt
- ¾ cup soy sauce
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 whole chicken 3-4 pounds
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp cayenne pepper
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp thyme
- ½ tsp rosemary
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 onion sliced
- 1 lemon sliced
- ¼ cup garlic cloves
- 14 oz chicken stock
Instructions
- In a large bowl or container with a lid, add water, sugar, soy sauce, salt, and olive oil.
- Mix well and stir to dissolve.
- Add chicken and cover with ice, place lid or plastic wrap over chicken. Place in refrigerator or keep adding ice to keep chicken cold as it brines.
- Brine chicken for at least 6 hours and up to overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Remove chicken from brine and pat dry thoroughly.
- Mix butter and remaining herbs and spices and rub generously all over outside and inside of chicken.
- If injecting chicken with cajun butter, melt butter and spices and inject throughout chicken.
- Stuff onion, lemon, and garlic into chicken cavity. Truss if desired.
- Place chicken in dutch oven and place stock in bottom. Cover with lid.
- Roast chicken at 350 degrees for about an hour with lid on. Baste occasionally with chicken stock.
- Remove lid from dutch oven and cook the rest of the 30 (+/-) minutes until an internal temperature reads 160 degrees.
- If chicken skin is not crisp enough, place under broiler the last 5-10 minutes on high (watching carefully to prevent burning) until skin gets crispy and golden brown.
- Remove chicken from dutch oven and place on cooling rack, tent with foil and let rest for 15 minutes to lock in the juices.
- Carve and serve - enjoy!