Side Pannel
Festive Apple Chicken
Ingredients List
- 4 1/2 lb Chicken
- Oil
- 1/2 oz Butter
- 3 ts Redcurrant jelly
- Fresh Parsley to Garnish
Directions
FOR THE STUFFING
1/2 oz Butter
1 sm Onion, Peeled,Finely Chopped
2 oz Mushrooms, Finely Chopped
2 oz Smoked Ham, Finely Chopped
1 oz Fresh White Breadcrumbs
3 ts Chopped Fresh Parsley
3 Eating Apples
3 ts Lemon Juice
Salt and Black Pepper
Preheat oven to 190C, 375F, Gas Mark 5.
To make stuffing, melt butter in a pan and fry onion gently, until
softened, but not browned. Stir in mushrooms and cook or 2 to 3 minutes.
Remove pan from heat and stir in ham, breadcrumbs and parsley. Core one
apple and grate coarsely. Stir into stuffing mixture and add lemon juice.
Season to taste.
Loosen breast skin of chicken and spoon stuffing mixture underneath,
smoothing down evenly.
Place chicken in a roasting tin and brush lightly with oil. Roast bird for
about 1 and a half hours, or until juices run clear when pierced through
breast. If chicken begins to overbrown, cover with foil.
Core and slice remaining apples and saute in butter until golden. Stir in
redcurrant jelly until melted. Garnish chicken with apple mixture and
parsley.
1/2 oz Butter
1 sm Onion, Peeled,Finely Chopped
2 oz Mushrooms, Finely Chopped
2 oz Smoked Ham, Finely Chopped
1 oz Fresh White Breadcrumbs
3 ts Chopped Fresh Parsley
3 Eating Apples
3 ts Lemon Juice
Salt and Black Pepper
Preheat oven to 190C, 375F, Gas Mark 5.
To make stuffing, melt butter in a pan and fry onion gently, until
softened, but not browned. Stir in mushrooms and cook or 2 to 3 minutes.
Remove pan from heat and stir in ham, breadcrumbs and parsley. Core one
apple and grate coarsely. Stir into stuffing mixture and add lemon juice.
Season to taste.
Loosen breast skin of chicken and spoon stuffing mixture underneath,
smoothing down evenly.
Place chicken in a roasting tin and brush lightly with oil. Roast bird for
about 1 and a half hours, or until juices run clear when pierced through
breast. If chicken begins to overbrown, cover with foil.
Core and slice remaining apples and saute in butter until golden. Stir in
redcurrant jelly until melted. Garnish chicken with apple mixture and
parsley.
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