Our amazing Dutch Oven Whole Chicken is a simple, comfort food recipe that your entire family will love!
Ingredients
Chicken
1 4lb whole roasting chicken
3-4tablespoonsgheesoftened (sub butter)
kosher salt and ground black pepper
Veggies + Potatoes
1sweet yellow onionquartered
3stalks celerycut into 1-inch chunks
3medium carrotspeeled and cut into 1-inch chunks
3-4Yukon Gold potatoesquartered
Gravy
1tablespoonghee
1tablespoontapioca starch
1cupdrippingsfrom bottom of Dutch Oven
1/2cupchicken broth
kosher salt and ground black pepper
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Remove the chicken from the packaging and place the chicken in an oven-safe Dutch Oven. Pat the chicken dry with clean paper towels and rub softened ghee all over, in every nook and cranny. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
Place onion, potato, celery, and carrots around chicken in the pot.
Place in oven, uncovered, for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked (use an internal meat thermometer to make sure the internal temperature is 165 degrees F at the thickest part of the meat).
Remove from oven and let rest for 10 minutes.
Remove veggies and chicken from Dutch Oven and place on a serving platter - cover with aluminum foil and set aside.
Bring a large cast iron skillet to a medium-high heat and melt 1 tablespoon ghee. Add tapioca starch 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 more salt and pepper, as desired.
Serve chicken, potatoes and veggies covered in gravy.
Notes
Gravy liquid amount: If you don't have 1 cup of drippings on the bottom of the Dutch Oven, make sure that between the drippings and the chicken broth you have a total of 1.5 cups.
Potatoes: option to skip the potatoes in the Dutch Oven and 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.
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!
Storage: leftover chicken can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.