Follow these simple steps to deliciously roast a chicken:

1. Selecting & Prepping Your Chicken: Choose a roasting chicken that is tender and fresh. Gold’n Plump® Chicken Roaster is the perfect choice. For best results, rinse the roasting chicken inside and out and pat dry. Discard chicken packaging and wrapping immediately after removal.
    
2. Adding Flavor With Rubs, Spices & Infusion: A rub of seasoned oil, a spice blend and, finally, an infusion to wrap your roasted chicken in flavor. The oil rub helps to make the skin crisp during roasting. The spice blend turns up the flavor. The infusion, usually citrus juice or vinegar, adds more flavor and extra juiciness and is drizzled on during the last 10 minutes of roasting.

   For your rub, select from the many herb, hot pepper, garlic olive or vegetable oils found at grocery or specialty food shops. Accent the rub by applying a blend of spices. After applying the oil rub and spice blend, place the chicken into a roasting pan that is large enough to provide space around it. You can line roasting or baking pans with aluminum foil for quick cleanup. Turn wings under or set them in a “V” rack — both methods work well.
    

3. Roasting the Chicken: Preheat your oven before roasting to ensure even cooking and to help keep package cook times accurate. Prior to preheating, position the oven rack so that the top of the chicken is just above the middle of the oven. Set the oven temperature to 425°F. Once the temperature reaches 425°F, place the roaster pan in the oven.

   The best method for oven-roasting poultry is to start with high heat, then lower the temperature. The high heat interval begins the browning and carmelization processes.

   Roast for an additional 1-1/2 to 2 hours, testing for doneness during the last half-hour of cooking.

   Test for doneness using an instant-read meat thermometer in the thickest part of the roasting chicken (breast or thigh). Be sure that the thermometer probe does not touch the bone. According to the USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service, the chicken should reach a safe minimum internal temperature of 165°F. However, for more tender meat, bring the temperature of the chicken to 180°F. 

   Don’t forget to drizzle on the infusion for extra flavor and juiciness during the last 10 minutes of roasting.

   Let the roasting chicken cool for 10 minutes before carving. This allows more of the juices to be retained in the meat.