Final Up to date on July 14, 2025 by Carrie Korem, FNTP
Butterflied roast rooster with pink onions is my “I don’t wish to prepare dinner” meal. It’s quick and requires little or no hands-on preparation.
To arrange – I butterfly the rooster, brush it with ghee, add some onions, season with coarse gray Celtic sea salt and freshly floor pepper, put it within the oven and stroll away. About one hour later I’ve a wonderful rooster with roasted onions!
Listed here are step-by-step directions on easy methods to butterfly a rooster. It’s tremendous simple!
Should you’ve by no means roasted pink onions, you’re in for a deal with. The excessive warmth brings out the sweetness of the onion and people final bits on the perimeters of the pan are one of the best!
I’ve made this a number of occasions for firm – two chickens, onions, and a large salad. Throw in some fudgy chocolate tarts, and perhaps a glass of wine or kombucha, and also you’re completed!
I often have some rooster left over for lunch the subsequent day after which I take advantage of the bones for home made rooster inventory. Even within the warmth of summer time, I don’t thoughts turning the oven on, as a result of I’m not standing over it to prepare dinner.
Flip it on, pop within the meals, and stroll away. Roast rooster completed simple. Welcome to scrumptious, natural “fast-food”.
Butterflied Roast Rooster with Pink Onions
It is a variation of a recipe from my cookbook, Deliciously Natural. Different greens that you should use are: zucchini, cauliflower, squash, bell pepper, and so on.
- Prep Time: quarter-hour
- Prepare dinner Time: 1 hour
- Whole Time: 1 hour half-hour
- Class: Principal Dish
- Food plan: Gluten Free
For the Rooster:
- 1 (4-5 pound) rooster, butterflied
- 4 tablespoons ghee, at room temperature
- 2–3 tablespoons contemporary thyme
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Celtic sea salt, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly floor black pepper
For the Onions:
- 2 giant pink onions, lower into wedges
- 1 tablespoon ghee, melted
Directions
- Preheat oven to 450°F and alter oven rack to medium place.
- Pat rooster with a dry fabric to verify the pores and skin is dry. Stir collectively softened ghee (clarified butter), thyme, and 1 teaspoon sea salt in a small bowl. Gently carry the pores and skin and rub herbed butter beneath the pores and skin of breasts, thighs, and legs. Season all the rooster generously with sea salt and pepper.
- Place rooster in roasting pan. Toss pink onion wedges, melted ghee, remaining 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt, and pepper in a medium bowl. Pour onions round rooster in roasting pan. Roast rooster for half-hour after which rotate pan 180 levels. Proceed to roast, about 25 minutes, till crisp and golden brown, and when a thermometer reaches 160°F when inserted within the thickest a part of the breast. Take away from the oven and earlier than serving, let the rooster relaxation for about quarter-hour to permit juices to redistribute.
