Five Spice Roast Chicken

Name: Five Spice Roast Chicken
Ingredients: 1 chicken (4 1/2 to 5 1/2 lb.); 1 tsp. salt; 1 1/2 tsp. Chinese 5-spice or 1/2 tsp. each: ground cloves and anise seed and 1/4 tsp. each: ground cinnamon and ground ginger; 3 Tbsp. soy sauce; 1 Tbsp. each: sugar and dry sherry; 1 garlic clove, minced; 3 Tbsp. thinly sliced green onions

7 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

1 chicken (4 1/2 to 5 1/2 lb.)
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. Chinese 5-spice or 1/2 tsp. each: ground cloves and anise seed and 1/4 tsp. each: ground cinnamon and ground ginger
3 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 Tbsp. each: sugar and dry sherry
1 garlic clove, minced
3 Tbsp. thinly sliced green onions

Directions

1

In a 2 to 3-cup pan, combine oil and 5-spice.
2

Cook over medium heat; stir until hot.
3

Add soy sauce, sugar, sherry and garlic.
4

Place chicken, breast side up, on roasting rack in shallow baking pan.
5

Rub generously with 5-spice mixture.
6

Place remaining mixture inside cavity of chicken.
7

Roast at 375° until thigh bone is no longer pink (approximately 1 3/4 hours).
8

Drain juices from chicken and place on serving platter.
9

Scrape baking pan; stir with drained juice and heat.
10

Stir in green onions and pour over each serving.
11

Serves 6.