Roasted Chicken with Apple Stuffing
Ingredients:
- 1 whole (3 – 4 lb.) chicken, trimmed of excess fat
Ingredients – Garlic Butter Rub:
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
Ingredients – Apple Stuffing:
-
- 2 cups firm white bread, cubed
- 1/2 – 3/4 cup chicken broth
- 1 large tart Michigan Apple, peeled and chopped
- 1/4 cup dried cherries
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon sage
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup onion, minced
- 1/2 cup celery, sliced
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1 large tart Michigan Apple, cored and cut into wedges
- 1 large sweet onion, cut into wedges
Serving Size:
- 4 servings
Nutrition:
Per serving
- Calories 276.9
- Total fat 15.3g
- Saturated fat 5.1g
- Cholesterol 73.6g
- Sodium 411.2mg
- Total Carbohydrate 10.6
- Fiber 1.4g
- Protein 21.5g
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400° F.
- Rinse chicken with cold water and pat dry with paper towels inside and out.
- Place in roasting pan. In a small bowl, combine garlic, butter, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
- Loosen the skin of the chicken wherever possible, and spread half of the butter/garlic mixture under the skin.
- Sprinkle additional salt and pepper over the skin. Put the remaining butter in a roasting pan.
- Place bread cubes in a mixing bowl. Toss with apples, cherries, thyme, sage, salt and pepper.
- Moisten with chicken broth. Melt butter in a large skillet; add onion and celery and sauté until softened, 3-4 minutes.
- Add to stuffing and toss. Stuff chicken loosely with the mixture.
- Tie legs together and roast for 40 minutes.
- Add white wine, to deglaze the pan along with apples and onions to pan and continue roasting for about 40 minutes, until the thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 165° F.
- Remove the bird to the platter and let rest for 5 minutes before carving.
Tips:
- Drippings from the pan may be used as an excellent base for gravy.
