Ricky Kagan's Garlic Roast Chicken

"---A recipe for a day the cook is feeling lazy."

Cooking time, from into the oven to onto the table, 2 hours precisely.

Here's all you need:

Here's all you need do:

(Yes, I understand that sounds too high to you, but what we're aiming for here is crispy brown skin...and you'll love the aroma as it cooks. Oh, and for gorgeous presentation, start and end with the chicken(s) breast up.

(So, if you want to serve them at 6:30, get them in the oven at 4:30, first turn at 5:00, second turn at 6:00, and serve at 6:30.)

Ricky adds, "You'd better warn them this is a great lazy meal except for cleaning the roasting pan...but that comes afterwards." I say, Let it soak in the sink over night. The cats like garlic-roast-chicken water almost as much as they like garlic roast chicken, and the roasting pan's a snap to clean the next day.

© 2003 by Eric Kagan (who says feel free to repost it if you like the result, as long as you leave his name attached, so your troop know who loves them...and as long as you let us know if you whip up a tasty variation we should try!)