Marian's Easy Roast Chicken Recipe | Myrecipes

Preheat oven to 375 °. Stir together salt and pepper. If applicable, remove necks and giblets from chickens, and reserve for another use. Pat chickens dry. Sprinkle 1/2 tsp. salt mixture inside cavity of each chicken. Rub 1 1/2 tsp. olive oil into skin of each chicken. Sprinkle with remaining salt mixture; rub into skin. Place chickens, breast sides up, facing in opposite directions (for even browning), on a lightly greased wire rack in a lightly greased 17- x 12-inch jelly-roll pan. Bake at 375 ° for 1 1/2 hours or until a meat thermometer inserted in thigh registers 180 °. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.