Wonderful Roast Chicken

We had some wonderful friends over tonight and I made a roasted chicken that was amazing and flavorful.  I also made some rice and green beans to make everything come together.  Don't be frightened by the amount of garlic it does not come out too garlicky.

To make this you will need:

1 whole chicken
40 cloves of garlic
2-3 Tablespoons rosemary
1/4 onion
2-3 Tablespoons butter

1.  Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees
2.  Peel 40 cloves of garlic
3.  Pull the giblets out of the chicken and discard
4.  Cut the 1/4 onion into large but edible chunks
5.  Put the garlic and onion on the bottom of a roasting pan or baking dis with half the rosemary and butter
6.  Place the chicken on top and season with salt, pepper, and rosemary
7.  Place the rest of the butter on top of the skin in a few places
8.  Tent with tinfoil and bake for half of the time
9.  Remove tinfoil and finish baking (to 165 degrees with a thermometer in the thickest part of the chicken with out touching bone)
10.  Move onto a separate surface to carve and place the roasted garlic and onion in another bowl to serve if desired. 

*I made a 5lb chicken and it took about 2 1/2 hours to cook and it fed four people with some leftovers.

**At the suggestion of my mother-in-law when I made the rice I added one part chicken broth to the water I used to cook the rice and it gave it a really nice flavor to go with the chicken.

***We used some of the juices from the chicken and garlic as a kind of au jus instead of a gravy and it was delicious.