Sage Pesto-Rubbed Roast Chicken
- 13 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 14 cup chopped fresh sage
- 13 cup reduced-sodium fat-free chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts, toasted
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 3 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1 (7 lb) roasting chickens
- cooking spray
- Preheat oven to 450.
- To prepare pesto, combine first 7 ingredients in a blender or food processor; process until smooth.
- To prepare chicken, remove and discard giblets and neck from chicken.
- Rinse chicken with cold water; pat dry.
- Trim excess fat.
- Starting at neck cavity, loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers, gently pushing between skin and meat.
- Rub pesto under loosened skin and over breast and drumsticks.
- Lift wing tips up and over back; tuck under chicken.
- Place chicken, breast side up, on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray; bake at 450 for 30 minutes.
- Reduce oven temperature to 350 (do not remove chicken from oven); bake an additional 1 1/2 hours or until a thermometer registers 180.
- Let stand 10 minutes.
- Discard skin.
parsley, fresh sage, chicken broth, walnuts, extra virgin olive oil, salt, garlic, roasting chickens, cooking spray
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/sage-pesto-rubbed-roast-chicken-301631 (may not work)