Cristy’s Easy Weeknight Roast Chicken is an easy step by step to making a weekday chicken recipe that everyone will love.
The truth is, that making an elaborate meal is not always possible. The day to day of life can be a lot. There is pressure at work, pressure to get your kids to activities, make sure you are answering school group chats, sports teams and not to mention studying for those Friday spelling tests.
On top of this adding on the pressure of feeding yourself and your family a healthy meal can just be too much. That is why we think it is so important to have a stash of ready reliable recipes that can help simplify things for you. These are the recipes that you can pull out to guarantee that the food will be healthy and delicious without any real thought or effort.
Why We Love Cristy’s Easy Weeknight Roast Chicken
This is one of those miracle recipes. It’s easy to throw together, and needs minimal ingredients. The chicken recipe uses chicken thighs with skin, which helps the chicken remain super juicy when it is done roasting. On top of that it only needs 5 simple ingredients that we are positive you have on hand. It doesn’t get easier than popping chicken in the oven, and moving on to the other things you have to handle in the house.
I began making this for my family right when my oldest was born. I did not know how to cook many things. It’s so easy and made with things I always have on hand, and my kids go absolutely crazy for it! It’s now known as “mommy’s chicken” and they beg me to make it at least once a week. I don’t mind at all, because honestly it’s just so so easy!”
Cristy
Finally and MOST IMPORTANTLY: THIS IS A SALSITA DISH! What is a Salsita Dish? A dish that produces a delicious luscious sauce that can be poured all over your Perfect White Rice!
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Our Tips for This Easy Weeknight Roast Chicken
This is the easiest recipe on the street but here are a few things to help you out, and also show you different ways you can make it your own.
The recipe calls for 8 chicken bone in thighs with skin. The reason it is with bone and skin, is to help keep this chicken juicy. Nobody likes dry chicken. However this is not a contract, you can use whatever chicken you would like. Just adjust the time accordingly.
- Chicken Breasts: depending on thickness 30-45 minutes, flipping them in the middle
- Quarter Legs: 1 hour and 20 minutes
- Bone in Breast: (also highly recommended) 1 hour and 15-25 minutes (depending on your oven’s heat)
Feel free to add in any spices you love to use on top of the basic 4. A little sazon or paprika would be a great addition and would help give the chicken a beautiful brown color.
A good way to tell the chicken is done, the skin will turn crispy brown.
They can be meal prepped. Make them on the day you are making your meals, and then you can just reheat them the day of.
You do not have to wash or rinse your chicken. It has been found that rinsing your chicken in the sink can actually lead to the spreading of more germs in your kitchen. Find the article HERE
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Cristy’s Easy Weeknight Roast Chicken
Course: EntreeCuisine: Cuban AmericanDifficulty: Easy4
servings5
minutes1
hour5
minutesIngredients
8 chicken thighs (skin on)
1 tbsp garlic powder
1 tbsp onion powder
1 tbsp sazon (try Our Sazon Recipe)
Salt & Pepper to taste
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350
- Place your chicken into a baking dish.
- The trick is to sprinkle each chicken with the spices well. Start with the salt. Sprinkle each chicken with salt. Do the same with the pepper, garlic and onion powder. Be sure to cover the entire skin, it will help the crisp factor.
- Drizzle each chicken with a little olive oil.
- Bake the chicken in the oven (uncovered) for an hour. If the heat in your oven is uneven make sure to rotate the chicken halfway through.
- The chicken is usually done around 60-65 minutes. You will know they are ready when the skin is nice and crispy. Depending on how many chickens you are cooking (and your oven) it could be longer. The trick is that the skin will be crispy.
- Take the chicken out, and let it rest for about 10-15 minutes.
- Sprinkle with parsley (if on hand), serve with white rice and roasted vegetables.