I visited the Schwartz Center and met with Pamela Lillard, the Director of Production and Design, and she arranged for me to meet with Jillian Holch, a junior at Cornell in Performing and Media Arts, who is the organizer of this yearâs 24 Hour Playfest.
Step 4: Roast the chicken. Place the chicken (in the roasting pan) in the preheated oven. Cooking times vary by weight: 2-1/2- to 3-pound chicken: Roast 1 to 1-1/4 hours. 3- to 3-1/2-pound chicken: Roast 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours. 3-1/2- to 4-pound chicken: Roast 1-1/4 to 1-3/4 hours.
Roasting a chicken does not take quite so long as roasting a turkey, however a large chicken could still take over 2 hours to roast. As a general rule, calculate a cooking time of 20 minutes per pound of meat plus an additional 10 - 20 minutes at a temperature of 375ÂºF (190ÂºC).Therefore, a 5 lb chicken will need to be roasting in the oven for at least 1h 50 mins. A 5 lb bird will serve between 4 - 5 people.Some people prefer to set the oven temperature to 450ÂºF (230ÂºC) and roast the bird at this high temperature for the first 10 - 15 minutes or the last 10 - 15 minutes.The rest of the time the chicken should be roasted at 375ÂºF (190ÂºC).oasting a chicken does not take quite so long as roasting a turkey, however a large chicken could still take over 2 hours to roast. As a general rule, calculate a cooking time of 20 minutes per pound of meat plus an additional 10 - 20 minutes at a temperature of 375ÂºF (190ÂºC).