Roast Chicken with Apple-Spice Gravy

• 1 roasting chicken with giblets *
• 1 lg. apple, washed and scored
• 1 sprinkle seasoned salt
• 1 sprinkle curry powder
• 1 sprinkle poultry seasoning
• sage
• 1 sprinkle paprika
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 2 tbsp. Bisto gravy thicker
• 1 tbsp. cornstarch
• while roasting)
• Giblets
• 1 onion, coarsely chopped
• 2 carrots, coarsely chopped
• 1 celery stalk, coarsely chopped
• 1 bayleaf
• Salt and pepper, to taste

1. Remove giblets from chicken and wash it all very well.
2. Place chicken in roasting pan breast side down, season breast side with above mentioned seasonings all over.
3. Turn chicken over and now season breast side.
4. Stuff scored apple into chicken cavity.
5. Loosely place a sheet of foil over top of chicken.
6. Place chicken in preheated 350F oven for 1 hour.
7. Remove foil and bake another 50-60 minutes.
8. (Larger chickens may need more time.)
9. Remove any drippings that are on bottom of pan, place in freezer so fat rises to top.
10. For broth: Place all ingredients in 5 cups of water and boil 1 hour, or until reduced to approximately 3 cups of liquid.
11. Press ingredients while straining liquid off as you'll get more juice out of veggies.
12. Gravy: Remove fat from chicken drippings, add to broth.
13. Slowly add 1/3 cup cold water to Bisto and cornstarch (best to do this quickly with a fork as it keeps it from being lumpy).
14. Bring drippings and broth to boil, then slowly stir in bisto mixture.
15. Stop adding bisto mixture when you see it's to your desired gravy-like consistancy.
16. Add salt to taste.
17. Serve: Remove chicken from oven, remove apple.
18. Cut chicken into quarters and serve with gravy.
19. (My kids fight over the apple as it becomes somewhat soft like applesauce)

chicken, apple, salt, curry powder, poultry seasoning, sage, paprika, salt, cornstarch, while roasting, onion, carrots, celery stalk, bayleaf, salt

Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/6261 (may not work)