Roast Chicken

Directions

1. 1
   Remove giblets.
2. 2
   Wash inside and out.
3. 3
   Save the weight label on the chicken.
4. 4
   Pass the spit through the chicken, from opening in the back through the cavity and out through the breast.
5. 5
   Use wire or string to fasten chicken securely to the spit so it turns with the spit.
6. 6
   Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
7. 7
   Cover the breast with bacon, using some aluminum nails to hold the bacon.
8. 8
   Wrap bacon around upper parts of leg, using nails here, too.
9. 9
   Place spit about 12-inches over coals for any more than 15 minutes at a time.
10. 10
    If legs or breast start to dry out, spread with butter.
11. 11
    Chicken s finished when meat breaks away from bones easily.
12. 12
    Test one leg.