Dutch Oven Whole Chicken Dinner – a cozy, comforting meal that your whole family will love!
Easy Dutch Oven Whole Chicken Dinner
For when you are craving that colder weather comfort food!
This recipe is a great Sunday Supper or a cozy weeknight meal! Throw everything in a Dutch Oven and forget about it for a while. It is so easy to make and always a crowd-pleaser!
Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Easy: You really just throw everything in a Dutch Oven and let it cook!
- Comfort Food: There is just something about a homemade roasted chicken – the smell, the taste – it just warms the soul!
- Gravy: Pretty much everything is better with a little gravy on it, right?
What You Will Need
Chicken
- roasting chicken
- ghee (or butter)
- salt and pepper
Veggies + Potatoes
- sweet yellow onion
- celery
- carrots
- potatoes
Gravy
- ghee
- tapioca starch
- drippings (from bottom of Dutch Oven)
- chicken broth
- salt and pepper
Recipe FAQ’s and Tips
- Meat thermometer: I would highly, HIGHLY recommend a meat thermometer – I love this one!
- Gravy liquid amount: If you don’t have 1 cup of drippings from the bottom of the Dutch Oven simply make sure that between the drippings and the chicken broth you have a total of 1.5 cups.
- Potatoes: You can skip the potatoes in the Dutch Oven and just make some homemade mashed potatoes instead!
- Store-bought gravy: You can always make things easier and buy store-bought gravy as well! Whatever works best for you.
- Ghee: You can always sub vegan butter if you are dairy-free!
How to Cook a Chicken Dinner in a Dutch Oven
Prep your chicken.
Add your veggies and potato
Let cook in the oven
Collect your drippings.
Make your gravy.
Serve and enjoy!
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Dutch Oven Whole Chicken Dinner
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
Dutch Oven Whole Chicken – a simple, comfort food recipe that your entire family will love! (GF + DF)
Ingredients
Scale
Chicken
- (1) 4lb roasting chicken
- 3–4 tablespoons ghee, softened
- salt and pepper
Veggies + Potatoes
- 1 sweet yellow onion, quartered
- 3 stalks celery, cut into 1 inch chunks
- 3 medium carrots, peeled and cut in 1 inch chunks (half thicker pieces)
- 3–4 Yukon potatoes, quartered
Gravy
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- 1 tablespoon tapioca starch
- 1 cup drippings (from bottom of Dutch Oven)
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Place chicken in Dutch Oven.
- Pat dry with clean paper towel.
- Run softened ghee all over, in every nook and cranny!
- Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
- Place onion, potato, celery and carrots around chicken.
- Place in oven, uncovered, for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until fully cooked. Use internal meat thermometer – chicken needs to reach an internal temp of 165 (at thickest part).
- Remove from oven and let rest for 10 minutes.
- Remove veggies and chicken from Dutch Oven and place on tray – cover with foil and set aside.
- Take a large cast iron skillet and melt 1 tablespoon ghee. Add topioca and whisk together.
- Slowly add the pan drippings, whisking to combine the entire time. It may get kind of chunky for a second, just keep whisking! It will smooth out and thicken.
- Slowly add chicken broth, continuing to whisk.
- Once gravy has thickened, taste and add salt and pepper, as desired.
- Serve chicken, potatoes and veggies covered in gravy.
Notes
- Meat thermometer: I would highly, HIGHLY recommend a meat thermometer – I love this one!
- Gravy liquid amount: If you don’t have 1 cup of drippings from the bottom of the Dutch Oven simply make sure that between the drippings and the chicken broth you have a total of 1.5 cups.
- Potatoes: You can skip the potatoes in the Dutch Oven and just make some homemade mashed potatoes instead!
- Store-bought gravy: You can always make things easier and buy store-bought gravy as well! Whatever works best for you.
- Ghee: You can always sub vegan butter if you are dairy-free!
- Head of Garlic: Feel free to throw a head of garlic in the Dutch Oven along with the chicken. It adds flavor and roasted garlic tastes amazing with the chicken!
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