Simple Whole Roasted Chicken

This recipe is easy-peas-ey Japanese-ey. Well actually, the hour baking takes a lot of tending. Man, is it amazing though.

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons salt-clears heat and cools blood. Nourishes Kidneys.
  
• 1 teaspoon sugar-boosts Qi and moistens the Lungs.
  
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves-Warms the MJ, dispels cold, and Warms the Kidneys.
  
• 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice-Warms the center and moves Qi
  
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg-Warms the center and moves Qi
  
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon-Invigorates Yang, dispels cold,, invigorates blood, and tonifies the Kidneys.
  
• 1 (4 pound) whole chicken-Supplements Qi, nourishes blood, and consolodates Kidneys.
  
• 5 cloves garlic, crushed-moves Qi, warms spleen and resolves toxicity.
  

Directions

1. In a bowl, mix the salt, sugar, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Rub the chicken with the mixture. Cover chicken, and place in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
2. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
3. Stuff the chicken cavity with the garlic. Place the chicken, breast side down, on a rack in a roasting pan.
4. Roast 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce heat to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C), and continue roasting 15 minutes. Baste chicken with pan drippings, reduce heat to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C), and continue roasting 30 minutes, to an internal temperature of 180 degrees F (85 degrees C). Let stand 20 minutes before serving.

Resource: Allrecipes.com-published by user

TCM: Overall, this recipes seems to have an action of tonifying Yang, and Qi.  This is a great dish to enjoy for everyone!!  It is a natural energizer for low energy sufferers.  All of the spices are very warm and moving so this is a great recipe for pain of the joints or any where in the body.