Whole Roasted Chicken

Name: Whole Roasted Chicken
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Carnivore
Ingredients: 1.8kg whole chicken; 3 tbsp butter, softened; 2 tbsp tallow or chicken fat; 2 tsp coarse sea salt; 1 tsp black pepper

A whole chicken roasted in tallow until the skin is golden and crispy — pure carnivore simplicity. Patting the skin completely dry before it goes anywhere near the oven is the single biggest factor in getting it properly crisp.

Total time

130 min

Prep

65 min

Cook

65 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Carnivore

gluten-freecarnivore

Ingredients

1.8kgwhole chicken

3 tbspbutter, softened

2 tbsptallow or chicken fat

2 tspcoarse sea salt

1 tspblack pepper

Instructions

Remove chicken from fridge 1 hour before cooking.

Pat completely dry inside and out.

Rub butter under the skin and tallow over the skin.

Season generously with salt and pepper.

Roast at 220C for 20 minutes until browning.

Reduce to 180C and roast 45 more minutes.

Rest 15 minutes before carving.

Serve with all rendered pan juices.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1045

Protein

121.7g

Fat

58.1g

Carbs

0.4g

Fiber

0.2g

Sodium

1339mg

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