Roasted Chicken

This recipe was inspired by a childhood memory. When I was growing up in China, I loved the taste of roasted chicken. But our family kitchen did not have an oven, so most of the chickens we purchased in the market were raw, and we used their meat in stir-fried dishes and in soups. Already-prepared roasted chickens were special treats. What I do now is purposely roast a very large chicken, first to enjoy it after roasting, and later to use its meat in different ways. I prefer the meat of a w