Chinese Roasted Chicken

This easy roasted chicken is flavored with a delicate sauce and then basted while roasting.

• Calories: 590 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1 (4 pound) fresh or thawed whole roasting chicken
• 2 tablespoons Kikkoman Lite Soy Sauce
• 2 teaspoons dry sherry
• 1 large clove garlic, pressed
• ½ teaspoon fennel seed, crushed
• ¼ teaspoon sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Remove and discard giblets and neck from chicken. Rinse chicken under cold running water; drain well and pat dry with paper towels. Pierce chicken thoroughly with fork. Place chicken, breast side up, in shallow, foil-lined roasting pan.

Step 2

Combine lite soy sauce, sherry, oil, garlic, fennel, ginger, sugar and cloves. Brush cavity and skin thoroughly with sauce mixture.

Step 3

Roast in 325 degrees F. oven 1 hour and 45 minutes, or until meat thermometer inserted into thigh registers 180, brushing chicken occasionally with remaining sauce mixture during last 40 minutes of roasting time.

Step 4

Remove chicken from oven and let stand 10 minutes before carving.