Roasted chicken stuffed with andouille & corn bread puddi

4 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
12.00ouncebulk andouille -; (1 1/2 cups)
2.00tablespoonminced shallots
1.00tablespoonminced garlic
1.00cupsweet corn
4.00largeeggs
4.00cupheavy cream
1.00tablespooncrystal hot sauce
1.00tablespoonworcestershire sauce
6.00cupday old bread cubes
1salt; to taste
1freshly-ground black pepper; to taste
2.00whole chickens -; (3 lbs ea)
3.00tablespoonolive oil
¼cupemeril’s essence; see * note
1.00cupdark chicken reduction
2.00tablespoonchopped chives
2.00tablespoonbrunoise red peppers
2.00tablespoonbrunoise yellow peppers

Directions

* Note: See the “Emeril’s Essence Information” recipe which is included in this collection.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 10- by 14-inch baking pan. For the pudding: In a hot sauce pan, render the andouille with the shallots and garlic for 2 minutes. Add the corn and saute for 2 minutes. In a mixing bowl, whisk the eggs, cream, Crystal and Worcestershire together. Stir in the andouille mixture. Fold in the bread crumbs and season with salt and pepper. Bake for 45 minutes and let cool for 30 minutes. For the chicken: Rub each chicken with the olive oil. Season with Emeril’s Essence inside and out. Stuff each chicken with the bread pudding. Tie the chicken legs together with butchers twine to close the cavity. Roast for 1 hour or until done.

Remove the twine and mound the pudding in the center of the plate.

Carve the chicken in half and place on the pudding. Spoon the reduction around the chicken. Garnish with chives and peppers. This recipe yields 4 servings.

Recipe Source: ESSENCE OF EMERIL with Emeril Lagasse From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # EE-2277 broadcast 03-20-1997) Downloaded from their Web-Site -

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03-20-1997

Recipe by: Emeril Lagasse

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