Roast Chicken with Apricot & Mint Stuffing
Roast Chicken with Apricot & Mint Stuffing
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Recipe Cook Time | : | 1 Hour 40 Minutes |
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Chicken stuffed with a mixture of masalas, apricot, breadcrumbs and mint, roasted just right.
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken with skin
1 Tbsp butter
Salt and pepper
For the stuffing:
200 gm dried apricots soaked in diluted tea overnight
1 Tbsp spring onion paste
1 Tbsp butter
4 Tbsp fresh, soft bread crumbs
Grated rind of 1 lemon
1 egg
Salt and pepper
1 Tbsp shredded mint
Method
For making the stuffing:
Melt butter in a saucepan.
Add onion paste & cook for 3 minutes.
Drain apricots. Remove stones & chop coarsely. Add to the pan and continue cooking for 3 minutes more.
Turn off the heat; add the lemon rind & breadcrumbs. Season well and cool.
Add the mint & enough egg to bind mixture into a soft paste.
Final preparation:
Fill cavity of the chicken with paste before roasting.
Stuff the chicken with apricot filling.
Tie the joints close to the body.
Set the bird in a tray and pour over the well-flavored stock.
Spread the breast of the bird with 1 tbsp softened butter.
Roast in a pre-heated oven for 1 hour or until well colored and the flesh is tender when pierced in the thigh.
Set aside for 15 minutes before removing strings and carving.
Melt butter in a saucepan.
Add onion paste & cook for 3 minutes.
Drain apricots. Remove stones & chop coarsely. Add to the pan and continue cooking for 3 minutes more.
Turn off the heat; add the lemon rind & breadcrumbs. Season well and cool.
Add the mint & enough egg to bind mixture into a soft paste.
Final preparation:
Fill cavity of the chicken with paste before roasting.
Stuff the chicken with apricot filling.
Tie the joints close to the body.
Set the bird in a tray and pour over the well-flavored stock.
Spread the breast of the bird with 1 tbsp softened butter.
Roast in a pre-heated oven for 1 hour or until well colored and the flesh is tender when pierced in the thigh.
Set aside for 15 minutes before removing strings and carving.
Key Ingredients: apricots, mint leaves, breadcrumbs,lemon rind, chicken, butter, Salt, black pepper, spring onion, egg
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