Lots of meat for cheap-Whole Chicken

The Concept
Baking/roasting a whole chicken. This gives you 4-5 pounds of chicken to use in other recipes or to eat alone. I like to make chicken barbecue, chicken tacos, chicken w/steamed rice, chicken sandwiches, etc etc etc. You can get whole young chickens on sale for $.99 a pound. Dominick's was running said sale, so I bought 2 birds...I was tempted to buy 3, butI figure 2 will last me awhile. One was $4.24 & the other $4.97 or there abouts. I got between 9 & 10 pounds of chicken...cooked, this will yield at least 7-8 pounds of good meat. This is extremely easy to do. You need a big pot that is oven safe and is big enough to fit the chicken inside + water.

Ingredients
1 whole chicken

seasonings
1 white onion (chopped, half for inside, half for outside)
1 whole garlic clove thingy. Once again-half for inside, half for outside.
salt

Process
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Remove insides from chicken. The last time I bought these birds from Dominick's the insides were in a little white plastic bag...this time, they were floating free inside. I remove them and throw them away. I'm not a fan of livers, or any of the other organs. If you like them-keep them...and if you're in Chicago, hit me up and I'll give you mine (from the bird...my organs aren't up for grabs until I'm dead).
3. Stuff half the onion & half the garlic inside of the bird's cavity
4. Put rest of onion & garlic in the water surrounding the bird, sprinkle salt on the outside.
5. Put enough water in the pot to cover the bird.
6. Put in oven for 20mins per pound plus an extra 20mins. I generally put mine in for at least 3-5 hours...so double the time that everyone else says. I want it to be falling off the bone-it's less work when you clear it and sort out the bones from the meat.

Results
I'll find out in about 2-3 hours. The last time I made it, I overseasoned it...tooo much salt and too many other flavors. So this time, I'm keeping it simple. It was the first time I've used REAL veggies/spices in a dish. I've only used the dried/ground spice variety before. I'm anxious to see how using a whole onion & garlic clove influences the flavor.

Overall
I like chicken, so this is a good thing that is really cheap. I can't get a meal at McDonald's for the cost of 1 bird on sale. I use a Foreman grill, so chicken wraps are a quick and easy meal. I like this because it gives me a nice base to use for other meals. I don't typically eat just plain chicken by itself.

Enjoy!