Using this easy roast chicken recipe, you can make a tasty dinner without spending a lot of time in the kitchen. Complete the meal with this yummy California Veggie Bake and a dessert of Oatmeal Apple cookies!
Sometimes the simplest recipes really are the best! This easy roast chicken recipe uses just a few basic ingredients and takes only 5 minutes to prep. By using chicken pieces instead of a whole bird, you save time and hassle—plus, they’re often just as affordable. Seasoned with classic pantry spices and a touch of butter, this chicken comes out juicy, tender, and full of flavor. Add your favorite veggies like potatoes, carrots, or peppers to the pan for a complete one-pan meal with almost no cleanup!
(This recipe is from our Dining On A Dime Cookbook, Volume 1.)
If you’d prefer a different roast chicken recipe that is a bit more extravagant, you can find another one here.
Easy Roast Chicken Recipe
This easy roast chicken recipe is a tasty chicken dinner recipe you can make with just 5 minutes prep time! Add sliced veggies like potatoes, carrots, peppers and onions for a complete one-pan meal!
Ingredients
Chicken pieces
Salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder
Butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Lay the chicken pieces in a greased pan, uncovered.
- Sprinkle with spices.
- Bake at 300 – 350° for 30 minutes to an hour or 8-10 hours at 170°, until the meat falls away from the bone easily or the juices run clear.
The cooking time for this chicken recipe depends on how big the pieces are, the temperature you use, and your oven. Sometimes, halfway through the cooking I will place a small dab of butter on each piece or brush with butter.
Notes
- You can also add your favorite veggies like carrots, potatoes, onions or peppers to this recipe for an easy one-pan meal!
- You can use whatever kind of chicken you like for this recipe. It works well with boneless or bone-in chicken, so if you find something on sale, this recipe will work great!
(This roast chicken recipe is from Dining On A Dime Cookbook, Volume 1.)
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Meal Plan to go with the Roast Chicken Recipe:
Here’s a simple yet delicious meal plan to go with the roasted chicken recipe—easy enough for the newest beginner and satisfying enough for the seasoned cook.
Roast Chicken
Baked Potatoes
California Veggie Bake
Oatmeal Apple Cookies
California Veggie Bake Recipe
This California veggie bake is a colorful side dish that is great for a chilly fall evening. It uses Velveeta Cheese. I didn’t used to buy Velveeta as much as I bought cheddar cheese. One day I compared prices and the Velveeta was the same price as cheddar, so I buy Velveeta more often now.
Ingredients
2 (16 oz.) packages California Blend frozen vegetables
8 oz. Velveeta (cubed)
6 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted and divided
1/2 cup butter-flavored crackers, crushed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°.
- Prepare vegetables according to the package directions and drain.
- Place half of the vegetables into an 11x7x2 ungreased baking dish.
- Melt cheese and 4 Tbsp. butter in a saucepan and pour half over the vegetables.
- Layer with the rest of the veggies and cover with the rest of the cheese mixture.
- Mix the crackers and the rest of the butter and sprinkle over the vegetables.
- Bake uncovered for 20-25 minutes until golden.
Oatmeal Apple Cookies Recipe
Your house will smell irresistibly good to your family when they come home at the end of a long day to this oatmeal apple cookies recipe! Kids love oatmeal cookies, but throw in the smell of cinnamon and apples and you have a winner.
Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
3 cups old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup dried apples, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Cream butter and sugars.
- Add eggs and vanilla.
- Combine flour, cinnamon and baking soda and add to butter mixture.
- Fold in oats and apples.
- Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Let stand for 1 minute before removing from the cookie sheet.
A note about our Dining On a Dime Cookbooks
Every once in a while, it’s worth pointing out that Dining on a Dime Cookbook, Volume 1 includes some truly hard-to-find recipes—things like homemade stuffing mix, cornbread mix, and curried rice mix—along with all the essential basics like this roast chicken recipe.
When the book was first created, there were hundreds of gourmet cookbooks available, but very few designed specifically for beginner cooks. Dining on a Dime was written to fill that gap, teaching new cooks how to make staples like roast beef, mashed potatoes, and rice. The recipes are easy to follow, budget-friendly, and made with simple, everyday ingredients.
It also includes everything needed for holiday cooking—pecan pie, pumpkin pie, stuffing, cookies, candies, wassail, hot chocolate, and more. From start to finish, the book is packed with quick, easy, and delicious recipes the whole family will love!
Helpful Cooking Tips:
- To keep apples crisp, keep them in the fridge to help them stay crisp.
- When you can, eat the peel on your apple. That is where 2/3 of the fiber is found.
- If you would love to have homemade biscuits but don’t have the time to roll them out, you can get that same great taste with less work by making drop biscuits. Mix baking mix biscuits as if making regular biscuits but, instead of rolling them, take a large spoon and drop on a greased cookie sheet. Bake as you would regular biscuits.
- When you have just a few vegetables left from roasted veggies, don’t toss them. Chop them up and use them in some of your favorite casserole, chili, or meatloaf recipes. The roasted taste of the vegetables give ordinary recipes a refreshing new taste.
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