Roast Chicken with Apples, Thyme and Shallots
A golden roast chicken cooks over apples, shallots and thyme, turning simple pan juices into a fragrant, savory-sweet dinner.
Prep 10 min · Cook 1 hr 30 min · Total 1 hr 40 min · Makes 4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 apples, cored and quartered
- 12 shallots, peeled
- 1 bunch thyme
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 3-4 pound chicken, rinsed and patted dry with paper towel
- Kosher salt and cracked black pepper
Directions
Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Scatter the apples, 10 shallots and half the thyme across the bottom of a roasting pan; add 1 tablespoon olive oil, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Move the apples and shallots out toward the sides of the pan. Tuck the remaining shallots and thyme inside the chicken, then tie the legs together with kitchen twine. Set the chicken in the middle of the roasting pan, coat it with the remaining olive oil and season it generously with salt and pepper. Roast until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 160 degrees F, about 90 minutes.