{"id":2739,"date":"2012-05-03T18:36:22","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T10:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peepor.net\/pint\/blog\/?p=2739"},"modified":"2013-05-02T11:57:40","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T03:57:40","slug":"roast-chicken-with-stuffing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peepor.net\/pint\/blog\/?p=2739","title":{"rendered":"Roast Chicken With Stuffing As A Treat On Labour Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Roast Chicken\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peepor.net\/pint\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Roast-Chicken.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"496\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our first ever roasted chicken was cooked in Durham. Back then, the oven was humongous; the need to roast food in it was hence compulsive and irresistible. That was how we celebrated Christmas in a snow-capped land. This has since become a lingering memory that will always bring back the sweet yearning for life abroad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Ingredients<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Butter: 3 tbsp<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">White onion: 1, large, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Curly English parsley: 1 stalk, chopped<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shitake mushroom: 7, chopped<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Raw sausage meat: 400g, skin removed<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Salt: 1 tsp<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ground blackpepper: to taste<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whole chicken (about 1kg): cleaned out, head and claws removed<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lemon: 1, pricked with fork and microwaved for 40 seconds<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fresh thyme: 1 bunch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Method<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Heat butter in wok. Fry onions on low heat for 3 min.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Add parsley, mushrooms and sausage meat. Stir well.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Add salt and pepper. Stir well, then remove from heat and set aside.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spoon cooked mixture into the chicken cavity when cooled.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stuff microwaved lemon and thymes into cavity to seal up the hole.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tie the hind legs together with a string to secure the stuffing.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rub salt and remaining butter over chicken.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Preheat oven at 210 degrees. Roast for 45 min.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brush some honey over chicken and baste with juice from tray.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reduce heat to 180 degrees. Continue roasting for another 45min.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Remove from oven and leave to set for 15min before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peepor.net\/pint\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Roast-Chicken-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2741 alignleft\" title=\"Roast Chicken 2\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peepor.net\/pint\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Roast-Chicken-2.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peepor.net\/pint\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Roast-Chicken-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/peepor.net\/pint\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Roast-Chicken-2-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Tricks<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Basting the chicken frequently during the roasting process helps to keep the skin moist and juicy.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The microwaved lemon trick was one that I learnt from Jamie Oliver. It works great &#8211; not only did the lemon exude an irresistible fragrance, my microwave smelt fresh and clean after that too!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Keep the &#8216;juice&#8217; remaining in the tray &#8211; which are, really, just chicken fats &#8211; in a bottle for use next time. Scooping a spoonful of it to cook your rice, stew or soup would help enhance their flavours by loads!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Serving<\/em><\/strong>:<br \/>\n3 &#8211; 4 persons as side dish<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0;float:left;height:40px;\"><script src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/peepor.net\/pint\/blog\/?p=2739\" send=\"true\" layout=\"button_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"verdana\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first ever roasted chicken was cooked in Durham. 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