Five Spice Roast Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 chicken (4 1/2 to 5 1/2 lb.)
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. Chinese 5-spice or 1/2 tsp. each: ground cloves and anise seed and 1/4 tsp. each: ground cinnamon and ground ginger
3 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 Tbsp. each: sugar and dry sherry
1 garlic clove, minced
3 Tbsp. thinly sliced green onions

Preparation

In a 2 to 3-cup pan, combine oil and 5-spice.
Cook over medium heat; stir until hot.
Add soy sauce, sugar, sherry and garlic.
Place chicken, breast side up, on roasting rack in shallow baking pan.
Rub generously with 5-spice mixture.
Place remaining mixture inside cavity of chicken.
Roast at 375\u00b0 until thigh bone is no longer pink (approximately 1 3/4 hours).
Drain juices from chicken and place on serving platter.
Scrape baking pan; stir with drained juice and heat.
Stir in green onions and pour over each serving.
Serves 6.