Bacon Roasted Chicken

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 (4 lb) roasting chickens
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 carrots, cut in chunks
• paprika, to taste
• 8 slices bacon
• 2 cups beef broth

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 450 degrees f (220 degrees c).
• 2 rub butter over the entire chicken.
• 3 season with salt, pepper and thyme.
• 4 place the carrots inside the cavity, and tie the legs together.
• 5 place the chicken breast side up in a roasting pan.
• 6 lay bacon strips across the top of the chicken, and secure with toothpicks.
• 7 sprinkle with paprika.
• 8 pour the beef broth into the roasting pan - do not pour over the bacon.
• 9 roast for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, the reduce the heat to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• 10 baste with some of the broth.
• 11 continue to roast for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until the internal temperature is 180 degrees f (82 degrees c) when taken in the thickest part of the thigh.
• 12 baste every 15 minutes with the broth.
• 13 remove the bacon and discard toothpicks.
• 14 roast the chicken for 15 more minutes to brown the skin.
• 15 transfer to a serving platter, and remove the ties.
• 16 you may eat the bacon, but it is best to discard the carrots.