First Roast Chicken

I bought a frozen chicken from a local supermarket a couple of week ago when it was on promotion, only S$2.99 for a 1.2kg bird and since I don't know how to chop up a whole chicken, I decided to roast it whole. First time roasting a whole chicken, am so excited haha kept starring at my oven to check the progress. Halfway through the roasting the aroma of roast chicken already filled the whole house.

Juicy and aromatic chicken waiting to be tore into pieces!!

Ingredients

1 whole chicken, neck and feet removed, cavity emptied
1/8 cup olive oil
Salt and pepper
1 large sprig of thyme
Half a lemon
8 garlic cloves (or adjust to your own preference)

Method

1. Wash chicken and pat dry. Lay chicken on roasting tray. 
2. Rub generous amount of salt and pepper all over the chicken. I rubbed some inside the cavity as well. Rub olive oil all over the chicken. Stuff cavity with garlic, lemon and thyme. Sprinkle some of the herbs all over the chicken.
3. Roast chicken at 220C for 30min, reduce temperature to 220C and roast for another 20-30min till chicken is cooked through. (If you insert a fork in the thigh area and clear juices run out (no blood), that is a good gauge that your chicken is cooked.)

We paired the chicken with baked potato, and tomato soup.

Here's our dinner.