I don't know how someone rated this recipe as expensive. That's just...silly. If you don't like cooking whole chickens, don't do it. I used a large chicken that was marked down. I couldn't fit both oranges inside my chicken with the garlic cloves and butter, so I just used the one. I made the spice mixture and kind of mushed the rosemary and thyme in my hands to not only break up the spices but to bring out the flavor. I took the suggestions of other cooks and roasted it breast down in the beginning and just flipped it near the end with the foil off, to make it pretty and brown. This made for extremely moist and tender breast pieces. I asked my husband to pick out a roast chicken and I admit that I was skeptical at first. It turned out great. I plan on keeping the carcass and juice and making chicken broth. For your money, oranges are always cheap as is garlic and spices. Using the carcass to make chicken broth, you really stretch your money. You could even half the butter and use homemade broth like I did and still come out ahead. This recipe is great! I'd make this again, no question. Great job, Nellie.

Wow this recipe was exceptional. The whole family nearly ate their plates. I did make a few adjustments, I used halved garlic under the skin with smart balance spread & added a few extra spices. Instead of broth I used 2 cups of water and added the remaining sliced garlic and melted smart balance to it. Turned out delicously. Will be trying this recipe with my Thanksgiving turkey.

Very nice roast chicken! I reduced the butter to 1/2 cup melted and skipped the 'under-skin' step (I know a lot of people swear by this, but I've done it both ways and don't buy it,) and used rubbed sage since I didn't have any fresh. Great orange and herb flavor - cooking time was right on. Thanks for the recipe Nellie!!!

This turned out really well for my first roast chicken in the oven. I usually use the slow cooker. I didn't have oranges so I poured some orange juice over it and stuffed it with apples.

I really liked the flavour in this recipe! I was quite generous with all seasonings and it was really tasty. I took the advice of another rater and rubbed the herbs under the skin with the butter. Served it with the allrecipes.com recipe 'Broccoli in Roast Chicken Drippings' and wild rice and it was great! Will make it again for sure.

After buying all the ingredients, this recipe wasn't worth the cost or effort. I'm not one who likes carving a cooked chicken either though. The taste was ok, definately better than Walmarts rottiserrie chicken, just very expensive and time consuming.

LOVE THIS !! EASY AND OH SO YUMMY!!

Even better if you cook the chicken upside down until 20 mins before then end of cooking time (approx).

I've made this before and found the results were much better when the softened butter was combined with the herbs and then rubbed under the skin. This way the herb/butter flavour permeated the meat and it was fabulous!!!