Weeknight Roast Chicken

Name: Weeknight Roast Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon, kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon, pepper; 1 (3 1/2- to 4-pound), whole chicken, giblets discarded; 1 tablespoon, olive oil; 1 recipe, pan sauce (optional)

Main Courses
Chicken
Weeknight
Roasts

By Bryan Roof ･ Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2011, America's Test Kitchen TV

If you can plan ahead, by all means brine or salt your bird. But when you want dinner on the table in an hour, use this technique to get juicy, tender chicken.

SERVES 4

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 20 minutes resting

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