Roast Stuffed Chicken
- 1 (9 lb) broiler chickens (Recipe is for 9lbs or smaller, larger..adjust recipe)
- 1 small yellow onion, chopped
- 12 cup chopped celery
- chicken giblets, minced (optional)
- 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine, divided
- 3 cups dry breadcrumbs (large bird means more bread. (1 cup per extra pound)
- 12 cup apple juice or 12 cup water
- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 14 teaspoon pepper
- Thoughly rinse out chicken and remove left in organs such as neck, liver, and heart.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, cook onions, celery, and giblets, if desired, in 2 tablespoons butter until lightly browned.
- Add bread cubes, juice/water, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper; toss.
- Loosely stuff body cavity with bread mixture.
- Truss chicken if desired.
- Place chicken in a Renyolds cooking bag and coat the bag very lightly with flour.
- (You may use a pan with a cover if you prefer but a bag provides the ultimate moist chicken!
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- Place the bagged chicken on a glass or metal 13x9 shallow pan.
- Melt remaining butter; brush on chicken.
- Use tie that comes with bag to seal bag.
- Bake at 350 degrees F until juices run clear when thigh is pierced with fork and the leg moves easily when lifted and turned, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Increase time of about 15 minutes per extra pound of chicken.
chickens, yellow onion, celery, chicken giblets, butter, breadcrumbs, apple juice, poultry seasoning, salt, pepper
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/roast-stuffed-chicken-162095 (may not work)