Two Roast Chickens with Root Vegetables

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2006

Roasting a few vegetables along with the chicken makes for an easy side dish, right? Greasy side dish is more like it. We set out to fine-tune this flawed Sunday-night classic.

SERVES 4 to 6

TIME 2½ hours, plus 1 hour brining

Two Roast Chickens with Root Vegetables

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To fine-tune this classic roast chicken and vegetables recipe, we brined our chicken with abundant garlic and bay leaves, which vastly improved the flavor of the meat. We found a simple way to infuse the vegetables with chicken flavor, not ...

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