Ingredients
- cooking spray
- sweet potatoes, slice d very thinly
- Yukon Gold potatoes, slice d
- large onion, slice d
- (2 to 3 pound) roasting chicken
- tablespoon solive oil, or to taste
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease both the bottom pan and the drip tray of a broiler pan with cooking spray.
- Layer sweet potatoes, potatoes, and onion slices in the prepared bottom pan. Place the drip tray over top.
- Place chicken onto a work surface with the breast facing down. Cut along both sides of the backbone with kitchen shears from top to bottom; remove the backbone. Flip chicken and splay it open. Press firmly onto the breasts with your hands to break the breastbone.
- Brush olive oil over chicken. Season with salt and pepper. Place onto the drip tray of the broiler (the top).
- Roast in the preheated oven until the juices run clear and an instant read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, reads 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), about 1 hour.
- Let cool before slicing, about 10 minutes. Serve with potato and onion mixture.