Countryside Baked Chicken

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsps butter
• 1 (4 lb) whole chicken
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 2 carrots, cut in chunks
• paprika to taste
• 8 slices turkey bacon
• 2 C. beef broth

Directions

1. Set your oven to 450 degrees before doing anything else.
2. Coat your chicken with the following: thyme, butter, paprika, pepper, and salt.
3. Fill the chicken with the carrots and then string the legs together.
4. Place your bacon on top of the chicken and then run toothpicks through it to keep the
   bacon in place.
5. Place the chicken in a roasting pan and then pour the broth around the chicken and not
   on top of it.
6. Cook everything for 17 mins in the oven then set the heat to 350 and continue cooking
   for 80 more mins. Try to baste the chicken at least 4 times while roasting.
7. Now take off the bacon from the chicken and baste it one more before cooking in the
   oven again to get the skin brown and crispy. This should take about 10 to 15 more mins.
8. Enjoy.