Make Seasoned Roasted Chicken

Here's a very tasty way to make roast chicken. Leftovers taste wonderful as sandwiches or wrapped in tortillas.

Ingredients

3 to 3 1/2 pounds whole chicken that is cut into pieces.
Chicken seasoning such as Montreal Chicken seasoning or Spice Islands chicken seasoning
Olive oil
Nonstick cooking spray

Preheat oven to 425 degrees for 30 minutes and then reduce to 375 degrees
Spray a roasting pan with nonstick cooking pan.
Spray roasting rack with nonstick cooking spray. Place rack inside roasting pan.
Remove giblets, heart, gizzard from chicken cavity, if required.
Rinse chicken and pat dry.
Place chicken on roasting rack.
Rub chicken with olive oil. Figure about 2 tablespoons, depending on personal taste and the size of the chicken.
Season liberally with Montreal Chicken seasoning or other favorite seasoning mix. Spice Islands is another good choice.
Roast chicken until the meat tests done. This should take about 1 hour.
Roast chicken is safely cooked when the temperature registers {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}}. Use a meat thermometer to check for completeness.
Serve with tortillas, Spanish rice, corn. It serves four people.

Always cook the chicken skin side up in a roaster oven that is not covered. This will make the skin crispy, but the chicken will stay moist. Be sure to check for the correct degrees and remove from oven at that point and let chicken rest for a least ten minutes.