Roast chicken with cranberry-pecan stuffing
Tart cranberries and crunchy pecans give the stuffing flavor and texture.
Ingredients
1 chicken (one 5-6 lb roasting chicken)
3⁄4 cup pecan nuts (chopped)
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup sugar
1⁄4 cup water
1⁄4 cup orange (with peel, seeded and finely chopped)
1⁄2 cup orange juice (or 1/4 cup orange liqueur)
1 1⁄2 cups stuffing (a herb seasoned stuffing)
1 pound cranberry (about 4 cups)
Instructions
Cranberry-orange relish
- Mix sugar with water in a large saucepan, stirring over a medium heat until sugar dissolves. Add cranberries, orange with peel, and orange juice - or orange liqueur - and bring to a boil, stirring only occasionally.
- Once mixture is at a full boil, stir constantly until the cranberries burst and the mix thickens, about 7-10 minutes. Makes 1-2 pints.
- Reserve 1 cup for the chicken and store the rest.
Roast chicken
- Preheat oven to 350° F (180° C).
- Remove the giblets and the neck from the chicken.
- Make your stuffing with the cranberry-orange relish, pecans and 2 Tbs melted butter. Blend well.
- Stuff the chicken loosely with the pecan mix. Close the chicken with skewers, and tie the skewers with string.
- Place the chicken on a rack placed inside of a baking dish. Melt the reaming butter and brush over chicken.
- Roast the uncovered chicken for to 2 1/2 hours. If using a thermometer, roast until the internal temperature reaches 185° F (85° C). Baste with pan juices several times while baking.
- Allow chicken to cool for 15 minutes before carving.
Yield
10 servings
Preparation time
30 minutes
Cooking time
30 minutes
Total time
1 hour
Source
moderate, poultry, roast
main dish, stuffing, sauce
American food recipes
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