Whole Baked Chicken

My mother-in-law makes a mean Whole baked chicken. I can’t get enough of it, so much so that my wife was on the phone asking her for the recipe last weekend. She was happy to share her baked chicken recipe and also gave a few tips on the finer techniques of baking a whole chicken. I must say that the experience of baking this chicken is one we won’t forget, since everything was done to the letter and came out like my mother-in-law’s. So we know she wasn’t holding back on any secret ingredient.

A Trini Style Whole Baked Chicken

But on that note, do you know of anyone who does that? They give you a recipe but conveniently forgets about a particular ingredient in the recipe. You will try your best at making the recipe but somehow it’s missing something you just can’t put your hands on. It’s as if the person wants to copyright the recipe before they give it to you lol!!! Anyway, my answer to that is simply ” there is nothing new under the sun“. If they can do it so can I; just a matter of time.

So it’s just a matter of time. Actually, 1 hour or so for this baked chicken recipe to complete. All you need to do is follow the baked chicken recipe to the letter and enjoy it. But you can still experiment along the way if you want . Here’s whole baked chicken trinistyle.

 Whole Baked Chicken Recipe

1 whole chicken, about 2 lbs
8 cloves garlic, chopped finely
1 lime
4 tbsp green seasoning
2 tsp. paprika
6 leaves big leaf thyme, chopped finely
8 leaves culantro, chopped finely
2 pimento pepper, chopped finely
1 tbsp softened butter
salt to taste

Wash the chicken with the lime and trim excess fat.

Rub the meat with the paprika, salt and green seasoning
making sure to place some under the skin.

The chopped seasoning: thyme, chive, and culantro.

Add the chopped seasoning and dot the chicken, with pieces of softened butter .

Place in a baking dish and cover the dish with foil. Bake for about 1 hour at 300 degrees F .

Note: If desired, this excess liquid can also be frozen and used as chicken stock for soups.

The finished baked chicken.

See how simple it was. I hope you enjoyed this baked chicken recipe. See you soon. Bye!