Mermaid's Tender Roast Chicken

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325.

Step 2

Place 1 tablespoon oil on the bottom of glass pan.

Step 3

Thoroughly clean chicken, removing all excess from cavity.

Step 4

Put 1 tablespoon oil on a paper towel and lightly rub the chicken down with oil Salt and pepper the skin.

Step 5

Insert 1 tablespoon butter, garlic and some chopped onion into cavity.

Step 6

Place the chicken on it's back and insert one tablespoon of butter between the skin and the breast, for each breast.

Step 7

(You have to kind of pull the skin a little to get the butter underneath it. This is what causes the chicken to be so tender and juicy.) Cook for approx 2 hours, basting every 30 minutes if possible.