# How do you roast a chicken?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-roast-a-chicken/347556>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 8, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-roast-a-chicken/347556 "2006-03-08T17:37:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-roast-a-chicken/347556/61 "2006-03-12T15:35:01Z")

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Thanks for the tips on the dry white meat. Who knew it could be so simple! I’ll buy some chicken breast today. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-roast-a-chicken/347556/62 "2006-03-12T16:18:40Z")

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I go to the store and they give me a perfect small roast chicken for five dollars.

But I’m reading this thread keenly, because even so I’d like to be able to do it myself.

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