Red Roasted Chicken

This is a Weight Watchers recipe and is delicious! It's also easy and economical.

Recipe from Weight Watchers Take-Out Tonight!

• 1 T. packed light brown sugar
• 1 T. paprika
• 1 T. red wine vinegar
• 2 t. dried oregano
• 1 garlic clove, mashed or crushed
• 1/2 t. ground cumin
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1 3.5-pound roasting chicken*
• 1 onion, quartered

*I have trouble finding them this small; the paste is enough for a chicken 5 pounds or so--you'll have to adjust the cooking time below a touch.

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray rack of a roasting pan with nonstick spray and place in the pan; set aside.
2. Combine sugar through salt in a small bowl; mix well.
3. Rub paste between skin and flesh of chicken--all over the breast and legs (don't worry about the wings). Place onion inside the cavity of the chicken. Truss legs if desired, and place breast-side up in pan.
   
4. Roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thigh registers 180 degrees, about an hour and 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes. Remove and discard onion; carve and serve.
   

Serves 6