The start of my chicken tractor

[chicken pickin]

Tonight I am cooking my first home grown fresh chicken dinner

Lets hope it is delicious

Ill post some pics a little later after we eat dinner.

 

[MonsterClucker]

Must have been good!

 

[chicken pickin]

It was delicious!!! I fed a family of 14 and everyone loved it they said it was soooo good. All ate 2nds and 3rds. I was nervous my kids and neices and nephew wouldnt eat it because they helped take care of them but it was no issue at all. I cant wait to cook the next one. Today with the leftovers Im going to boil it down and turn it into a great chicken soup.

 

[wyoDreamer]

Congrat's on putting a beautiful dinner on the table.
Glad to hear that everyon got enough to eat!

 

[Lambingfamily]

Yay! They look so good! Great job!!!!! We will be doing half of ours this weekend, without near the help you had (( Can y'all come over? Lol!

 

[chicken pickin]

Yay! They look so good! Great job!!!!! We will be doing half of ours this weekend, without near the help you had (( Can y'all come over? Lol!

Thanks! The process went well. We had another chicken for dinner tonight. I actually took the idea from you and we split the chicken in half and grilled it. It was delicious! Half I did BBQ and the other half honey terriyaki. It was moist and so yummy. The kids devoured it but Hubby was a littlle turned off by the half a body shape lol. So I had to cut up the chicken and serve everyone. He says he is going to cook the next one and seperate the body and marinate overnight and then grill. I hope your processing goes well. Good luck and sorry you dont have much help. I was actually shocked my family was so supportive. Our 2 BBWs are being processed in the am But by a local processor down the road. I cant bring myself to do the deed on the turks I like em too much.

 

[MonsterClucker]

Wow that dinner looks sooo good!!!

I think that's gonna be one of the first meals I make. My mom used to male that all the time lol. What seasoning did you use?
I am trying to get the ingredients to make my favorite aros con pollo (chicken and rice) My family is mostly spanish so I grew up on rice and beans and chicken.

 

[chicken pickin]

I love rice and bean dishes. My fam is not spanish but we do enjoy the food. Lucky us my sister knows how to make a few good spanish dishes

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For my roasted chickens and veggies, first for the chicken, I brined it in a salt, little bit of sugar and water bath for about 5-6 hours in the fridge Then rinsed and patted dry and I let sit uncovered in the fridge for the skin to dry for an hour before cooking. At cooking time I rubbed butter and rosemary under the skin so it would flavor the breast as well as the skin and the butter helped crisp up the skin I sprinkled a little lemon pepper ontop of the skin. I also tossed in a little seasoning inside the cavity. I put all the veggies(potatoes,carrots,onions,celery,greenbeans) on the bottom of the roasting pan poured a box of chicken broth over it added garlic salt, onion salt, pepper, rosemary. I cooked with the whole thing covered for about 1/2 hour on a high temp dont remember which temp and then lowered the temp took off the foil and cook for another hour. Then I took out the chicken and recovered the veggies with foil and put them back in for roughly another 20mins to get a little more tender.