Roasted pecan chicken
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¾ | cup | Pecans, chopped |
| 2 | ounces | Creamy Goat Cheese |
| 1 | small | Clove Garlic, chopped |
| 3½ | pounds | Whole Broiler/Fryer Chicken |
| 1 | medium | Onion, sliced |
| 1 | Lemon, sliced | |
| ⅔ | cup | Chicken Broth |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cornstarch |
| 2 | tablespoons | Olive Oil |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Lemon Juice |
| Pepper | ||
| ⅔ | cup | Dry White Wine |
| ⅔ | cup | Chicken Broth |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cold Water |
Directions
CHEESE SPREAD
ROAST CHICKEN
GRAVY
Cheese Spread: In a food processor combine pecans, goat cheese, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and pepper to taste. Process utnil mixture forms a paste.
Roast Chicken: Preheat oven to 400øF. Carefully loosen skin on chicen breast by gently working fingers under the skin starting from both the neck and body cavity ends. Be careful not to pierce or tear the skin. Spread cheese mixture in an even layer in chicken breast underneath the skin. Pull skin back ove cheese layer and secure with wooden picks. Tie chicken legs together.
Arrange chicken in a 13x9x2" baking pan on a bed of onion and lemon slices. Add wine and ⅔ cup broth. Roast, uncovered, at 400øF for 1¼ to 1 ½ hours until thermometer inserted between leg and thigh registers 180øF. Baste occasionally with pan juices during baking. If necessary, tent with foil toward end of cooking to prevent overbrowning. Remove chicken from pan and keep warm. Strain pan juices, discarding lemon and onion slices. Skim fat from pan juices.
Source: Victoria Magazine Jan. 1994 Typed for you by Katherine Smith Cyberealm BBS and home of Kook-Net, Watertown NY 315-786-1120