Cultured Carnivore : Classic Roast Chicken

Meat lover Josh Ozersky applies his finesse to the classic roast chicken. Learn the preparation steps behind this French cooking staple, with Josh's signature flair.

Expert: Josh Ozersky
Bio: Josh Ozersky is the executive producer and host of Ozersky.TV, writes the "Taste of America" column for TIME magazine and is the author of "The Hamburger: A History."
Filmmaker: Carrie Leigh

Series Description: Food writer and historian Josh Ozersky chronicles the dishes we use as cures to life's woes, from classic Americana comfort food like hamburgers and hash browns to new favorites like pasta and falafel. "Every trauma in my life has been answered by a medicating sandwich," Ozersky says. "And rare was the depression that couldn't be cured, for a few minutes anyway, by eating dripping mozzarella over the sink."

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• cooking
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• josh ozersky
• grilling
• barbecue
• bbq
• barbeque
• eggs
• steak
• steak doneness
• burgers
• Roast chicken
• Josh Ozersky
• Rachael Ray
• comfort food

[MrCheapseo]

Thanks Josh. I'm going to try this for my Xmas dinner.

[angryniggah]

Gotta agree with the back-meat fans: a true cultured carnivore would never discard the "oysters" on a roast chicken. C'mon, Josh!

[BridgetoSomewhere]

Well, I had a hard time finding this back, but I am going to try it. Not big on olive oil and garlic, real lemons are too expensive but got a good deal on the chicken, said limit 2, wish I'd bought another one. The onion and butter, got my kosher salt and pepper mill should be ok. Will have to use a little Real Lemon. Now I hope I get enough pan juices for gravy for mashed potatoes; a can of chicken broth to the rescue if I don't. Thanks for a yummy looking easy roast chicken recipe.

[uu9999uu]

Who the fuck told this guy he was cool?

[DanWestmoreland]

Have you ever noticed how some vegans and vegetarians are worse than some "fake" Christians (not the ones who love Jesus and live it by example but the ones who take their big leather bible and shove it down peoples throats) when it comes to their lifestyle choice?

[987viewer]

@randomite88 i haven't addressed that because it's bullshit. Sharks eat seals eat fish. Raccoons eat fish eat insects. Cats eat birds eat insects. Fish eat fish eat fish. Hawk eats snake eats rat. Wasp eats spider eats insects. i could go on.

If you eat brains and viscera, then you're outside your own so-called "axiomatic" norm; sounds like bullshit. It's not like anyone can verify your Internet claims of culinary adventurism.

Finally, boring. Go eat a kidney.

[TheDenexo]

@0andrewsmith0 sorry my english aint perfect

[randomite88]

@987viewer I would eat a horse if i needed to - if i don't need to, they are better use as animals for riding and for show. They aren't carnivorous. Eating dogs, insects and reptiles is practiced by some cultures, yes, but not by the majority - and hence are considered "weird" and unusual foods. Majority matters. I do eat kidneys and lungs and consider them actually pretty delicious, like the brain and the liver. The only distinction I made was carnivore/herbivore. You haven't addressed that.

[FuriousPumpkin]

@Suki314 eat the back meat.

[987viewer]

@randomite88 Um... do you eat horses? The French love them. The dog recipe is Filipino. Do you eat eyeballs? Or insects? Or kidneys and lungs? All of these are eaten in some human cultures.

Apparently, by "considered normal or axiomatic in the human world" you meant "what you already do."

You'll forgive if i'm not impressed by this standard.

Anyway, fun discussion. i'm not trying to convert you to my view. Just thought you made an interesting comment earlier and wanted to pursue it.