Roasted Mexican Chicken

5 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Whole Chicken
  • 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 1 package (1 Oz. Packet) Taco Seasoning (I Used Old El Paso)
  • 23 cups Water
  • 1/4 cups Fresh Cilantro

Directions

  1. 1
    Rinse chicken thoroughly inside and out under cold running water.
  2. 2
    Pat dry with paper towels.
  3. 3
    Put chicken into a baking pan.
  4. 4
    Rub with olive oil and sprinkle taco seasoning over the chicken and rub on all sides (as it says on the packet for the taco seasoning).
  5. 5
    Pour the water in the bottom of the pan.
  6. 6
    Then sprinkle on the chopped fresh cilantro.
  7. 7
    Roast the chicken in the preheated oven at 350F for 1 1/2 2 hours or to a minimum internal temperature of 180 degrees.
  8. 8
    Let cool 10 to 15 minutes and serve.
  9. 9
    Every 30 minutes I would baste the chicken.
  10. 10
    That helped make it really moist!

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