Roast Chicken With Vegetables Recipe

Ingredients (11)

• One 4 to 4 1/2 pound chicken
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 6 garlic cloves, smashed and peeled (smash with the side of a chef's knife, makes it easier to peel)
• 6 thyme sprigs
• 3 medium-sized rutabagas (also called "swedes"), ends cut and discarded, rutabagas peeled, and any outer tough layer discarded, then rutabagas cut into 1/4-inch wedges
• 2 medium-sized turnips, prepared the same way as the rutabagas
• 4 medium-sized carrots, peeled and cut in 2-inch segments
• 1 small yellow onion, peeled, roots cut off but core kept intact, other end cut off and discarded, the onion then cut into quarters
• 8 small red-skinned new potatoes
• About 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 4 tablespoons butter, room temperature (spreadable)