Amish Wedding Chicken
- The Chicken
- 3 whole roasting chickens
- 3 onions
- 3 lemons
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons poultry seasoning
- (Or buy three roasted chickens from your grocery store.)
- The Topping
- 9 cups toasted bread cubes
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1/2 cup minced onion
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 stick butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons parsley flakes
- 3 teaspoons poultry seasoning
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon each:
- celery salt
- garlic salt
- black pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, or to taste
- 1 large can low-sodium chicken broth
- Chicken Giblet Gravy for serving alongside. (Recipe not included.)
- Chickens:
- - Stuff the chickens with the quartered lemons and onions. Oil the skins, then rub with poultry seasoning, salt and pepper to taste. Roast in 400' oven till done, about 1 1/2 hours.
- - Let cool, then tear or cut the meat from the bones in bite-sized pieces.
- Topping
- - Mix all topping ingredients, except the chicken broth.
- - Add enough broth to thoroughly moisten.
- Assemble:
- - Put chicken pieces in the bottom of a really large roasting pan.
- - Add chicken broth to thoroughly moisten; should be almost but not quite soupy. Cover with bread mixture.
- - Roast uncovered in slow oven, 250', 1 1/2 to 2 hours, until golden brown.
- Serve with chicken giblet gravy.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/amish-wedding-chicken-1245776 (may not work)