Rosemary Apple Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken (2-3 pounds)
- ¼ cup grapeseed oil or olive oil
- ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon celtic sea salt
- 4 apples, cored and sliced
- 4 sprigs rosemary
Instructions
- Rinse the chicken, pat dry with a paper towel and place in a 9 x 13 inch baking dish
- Drizzle with oil and vinegar, then sprinkle with salt
- Arrange the apples around the chicken in the baking dish
- Place the sprigs of rosemary under the chicken
- Bake at 350°F for 90 minutes, until browned on the outside
- Serve
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
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This delicious fruited chicken dish is great for guests, providing warm soft apples as comfort food along with a good dose of protein – all in one dinner.
elana says
Hi Eden,
I love the part of this comment where you describe running down the street to your mother’s. Can I go on the family retreat with you? Sounds restful and delicious.
Have fun!
xo Elana
Eden says
Elana–just made this tonight and it was perfect: tender, juicy, sweet and salty. This is definitely going to be a favorite. Plus, I loved all the comments on this post and will have to try a lime-agave roast chicken too.
It was so good and tender that I had to run down the street to my mom’s to let her have a taste too. She gave it two thumbs up.
I’m spending the next five days with my family at our annual cabin retreat. We play in the snow, watch lots of movies and eat. I’m taking lots of my own treats and good, allergy-free food–thanks to your inspired recipes and I can’t wait to share them with the rest of the family who thinks I’m deprived because of what I can’t eat. I love your attitude of abundance and deliciousness.
elana says
~M,
I think a lime-agave chicken sounds amazing. I’ll put it on my list.
Elana
~M says
Reviewing over old comments to get inspired for poultry, I really like the idea of a lime-agave chicken! Maybe with a pinch of cinnamon or another warm spice. Like Karina’s amazing lime-agave-cinnamon salmon. Then again, anything lime wins thumbs up from me :)
elana says
Thanks for your comments Doron!
Doron says
Elana,
I am sure the size of the chicken or apples was a factor here. Nothing better than learning from experience.
Doron
elana says
Doron,
Nothing better than a cooking husband! Yes, if you used a bigger size chicken than called for in the recipe or had very large apples, then I suppose it all wouldn’t have fit in the recommended baking dish –was that the problem?
I hope you, the kids and wife enjoyed it and thanks for your comment.
Elana
Doron says
Elana,
I just started cooking. As a husband for the past 10 years, I finally discovered cooking. This chicken seems great and I am typing this while the chicken is cooling. I am pretty sure the kids will love it too. The only thing was using a 9×13 pan, where all the apples didn’t fit nor didn’t get covered with the juice. Should have listened to my wife and baste.
elana says
Jenny — The combination of rosemary, apples and balsamic vinegar sweetly permeates the entire chicken as mentioned in the description of the recipe in the post above.
jenny says
and does the apple contribute any of its flavour to the chicken just sitting beside it in the oven?