Meal of the Day: Baked Chicken with Fresh Herbs, Potatoes and Snow Peas

In my household oven baked chicken served up with fresh herbs, potatoes and buttered snow peas is one of our favorite meals. Many would think this meal would take hours to prepare and cook, but the truth is you only need one hour and thirty minutes to whip up this delicious hearty meal.

Ingredients:

* Five-pound whole roasting chicken
* Four large baking potatoes
* One pound of snow peas
* Salt
* Pepper
* Rosemary
* Parsley
* Garlic
* Onions
* Bay leaves
* Paprika Butter
* Chives Sour cream
* Water

Directions for Meal:

1. Unwrap chicken, gut it completely and rinse it down with cool water.
2. Place the whole chicken onto an oven roasting wrack and sprinkle on a teaspoon each of salt, pepper, rosemary, parsley and paprika.
3. Take three bay leaves and five cloves of crushed garlic and place these ingredients into the cavity of the chicken.
4. Peel and slice the onion as thick or as thin as you want it into rings. Place the rings over the top of the chicken.
5. Take six tablespoons of butter and place one inside the chicken cavity and the rest all over the chicken wherever you please.
6. Place the chicken into the oven at 375 degrees for one hour and thirty minutes. The skin of the chicken will crisp up, but the chicken should stay very juicy.
7. Take the baked potatoes, poke small holes with a fork on the top of them, place them into the oven with the chicken and allow them to bake with the chicken. They will be ready to pull out of the oven the same time the chicken will.
8. Pour the snow peas into a pan with ÃÆ''Ã'Ã'¼ cup of water and steam for ten minutes on medium heat when the chicken and potatoes have ten minutes left to bake in the oven. Snow peas will be tender and crisp with a dark green color when they are ready.
9. Remove chicken and potatoes from the oven. The chicken should be golden brown on top and about 140 degrees in the center of it. The wings and legs should fall right off the chicken if it is tender and done. The potatoes will be crisp on the skins with a soft inside ready to top with sour cream and chives. 10. Serve plates up with chicken, baked potatoes and snow peas for a delicious meal for a family of four and enjoy.