Are we still talking about the chicken here 
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Ah, but…
I now buy mine prepared in a bag on a foil tray, you just put it in a preheated oven for 1hr 36 mins. Delicious.
That’s just one of my methods of cooking a chicken, I have others…beautiful succulent chicken.
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I never do cook a whole chicken as I do not like the legs and wings. If planning a roast I use a crown, otherwise just use breast fillets. Always buy from my local butcher as I know the chicken is free range and locally sourced.
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I roast it covered in foil and then cut it up and cook in the pan gravy + water like a casserole.
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You are very lucky to still have a local butcher. The last one in our town closed 3yrs ago and now it’s a charity shop.
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My recommendation:
Remove the breasts, with or without skin attached, use them for something else as they cook in less than half the time the rest of the bird takes.
Remove breast bone, discard.
Turn bird over and press down on backbone to flatten.
Season, roast on both sides.
Variation:
With skinside down, place onion, garlic, peppers (quartered), lemon, whatever in the cavity.
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I know - and they are brilliant. Family firm, and all their produce - meat, poultry, and eggs - comes from local farms. They also have a bakery near by and make their own pies, sausage rolls, quiches etc., which are delicious. They are well supported so, hopefully, they will be around for long while.
For the family I buy a chicken in a bag and follow instructions.
It works well . Succulent chicken and a clean oven , it’s a winner winner chicken dinner.
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That looks delicious,Minx, I’m on my way over, “ I Wish”,
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Hi
In a roasting bag.
Fresh herbs with olive oil under the skin.
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So very easy to do, I hand it over to Sue and somehow it gets cooked automaticaly
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How do I cook a whole chicken?
With difficulty – my hob and double oven blew up a few weeks ago so other than the microwave,
slow-cooker and George Foreman grill there’s nothing else to cook with.
I must get a new one to sort that out, I am getting very bored having to learn to cook again!
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The first time I cooked a whole fresh chicken I had been married for a few weeks, washed it, oiled it, put it in the oven, cooked it perfectly. I was dead chuffed, having never done that before. OH started to carve it & came across a plastic bag, I had forgotten to remove the giblets from the inside, those however were cooked beautifully too. I never did live that down.
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I flip it over, remove all the bones except the drumsticks then stuff it, sew it back up, butter it (or bacon it), hot for 20 mins then 180c. Then you can slice it from one end to the other. 
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… could have been worse … no plastic bag, green bile squirting everywhere. 
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That’s interesting …
Hmmmm maybe for cold slices …
Usually we don’t have a whole chicken only breaded chicken breast for Mondays. But if it’s a turkey I would cover it in foil and roast it, also put a lot of melted margarine on it first.