Ww Mexican-Style Roast Chicken
- 3 poblano chiles, seeded, deveined and cut into chunks
- 2 onions, halved
- 12 cup packed fresh cilantro
- 14 cup fresh lime juice
- 12 teaspoon salt
- fresh ground pepper
- 1 (4 1/2 lb) roasting chickens
- Preheat overn to 350*.
- Spray the rack of a roasting pan with nonstick spray and place in the pan.
- Combine the chiles and 3 of the onion halves in a food processor; add the cilantro, lime juice, 1/4 t of the salt, and a grinding of the pepper; process until finely chopped.
- Gently loosen the skin form the breast and leg protions of the chicken; stuff the chile mixture evenly under the skin.
- Sprinkle the inside of the chicken with the remaining 1/4 t salt and another grinding of the pepper; add the remaining onion half and truss* the chicken.
- Place the chicken, breast side up, in the roasting pan.
- Roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the inner thigh registers 180* F, 2 - 2 1/2 hours.
- Let stand 10 minutes before carving.
- Remove and discard the onion and skin.
- Scrape off and discard the chile mixture before eating, if desired.
- Serve warm.
- *Trussing the chicken gives it a neater appearance when it comes out of the oven.
- To truss, cut a 30-inch length of kitchen twine.
- Tie the legs together at the ankles with the center of the twine, then loop each end around its corresponding wing at the elbow point.
- Pull the ends of the twine over the lower third of the breast to join them; tie them as tightly as possible.
chiles, onions, cilantro, lime juice, salt, fresh ground pepper, roasting chickens
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/ww-mexican-style-roast-chicken-251616 (may not work)