Matzo Stuffed Roast Chicken For Passover Food

PASSOVER ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Mix broken matzos, chicken broth and apricots in medium bowl; set aside. Melt 3 Tbsp. of the margarine in large skillet. Add onion and celery; cook until crisp-tender, stirring occasionally. Add matzo mixture; mix well. Cool. Add eggs, pecans and matzo meal; mix well.
• Stuff chicken cavities with matzo mixture; close cavities with skewers and string. Place, breast side up, on rack in baking pan; brush with remaining 1 Tbsp. margarine, melted. Sprinkle with pepper and thyme.
• Bake 2 to 2-1/2 hours or until chicken is cooked through (165°F), basting occasionally.

SPICED MATZO-STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F with racks in upper and lower thirds.
• Cook onion and bell pepper in 3 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until softened and golden, about 15 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring frequently, 2 minutes.
• While onion mixture cooks, rinse matzo farfel in a colander under warm running water until softened, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Drain, pressing gently to extract excess water.
• Remove onion mixture from heat and stir in farfel, pistachios, raisins, parsley, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Whisk together eggs and 3/4 cup broth, then stir into farfel mixture.
• Set aside 1 1/2 cups stuffing and transfer remainder to a generously oiled 1 1/2-quart shallow baking dish.
• Bake stuffing in dish in lower third of oven until set and golden, about 30 minutes.
• While stuffing bakes, stir together spices with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl.
• Insert a paring knife horizontally into middle of thicker end of each chicken breast half, stopping about 1 inch from opposite end, then open incision with your finger to create a 1-inch-wide pocket. Pack 3 tablespoons stuffing into each pocket. Pat chicken dry and add to spices, tossing to coat.
• Straddle a large flameproof roasting pan across 2 burners, then add remaining 3 tablespoons oil and heat over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Sear chicken, skin side down, until skin is deep golden, about 5 minutes. Turn chicken over, then roast in upper third of oven until just cooked through, 16 to 20 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to a platter and straddle roasting pan across 2 burners, then add wine and deglaze by boiling, stirring and scraping up brown bits, 1 minute. Stir in 3/4 cup broth. Whisk together remaining 1/4 cup broth and potato starch and whisk into sauce, then cook, whisking, until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Strain sauce through a fine-mesh sieve into a measuring cup. Let stand until fat rises to top, 1 to 2 minutes, then skim off and discard fat (or use a fat separator). Season sauce with salt.

CHICKEN SOUP WITH MATZO BALLS

Steps:

• Matzo Balls:.
• In medium bowl, mix eggs, seltzer, oil, salt and pepper.
• Stir in matzo meal and refrigerate 4 hours.
• Soup:.
• In stock-pot, heat chicken and the water to a boil, skimming foam.
• Add all but 2 cups of the carrots, the celery, parsnips, onion, parsley sprigs, 2 tsp of the salt and the pepper.
• Simmer, partially covered, until chicken is cooked, about 1 hour.
• With slotted spoon, remove chicken from soup;.
• reserve for another use.
• Bring large pot of salted water to a boil. With cool, wet hands, shape matzo-meal mixture into 8 (2-in.) balls and add to boiling water.
• Cover; reduce heat; simmer 25 minutes.
• Strain soup through cheesecloth-lined sieve into clean pot; press solids to extract liquid; discard solids.
• Add remaining carrots and salt.
• Simmer, covered, 15 minutes, until carrots are tender.
• Add minced parsley.
• To serve:.
• Place 1 matzo ball in each of 8 soup bowls;.
• add 1 cup soup to each.

PASSOVER MATZO STUFFING

Steps:

• Crush matzah.
• Saute' onions in oil till transparent.
• Add carrots and apples and cook till the are softened.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Mix together and taste for seasoning.
• If too dry you can moisten with a bit more broth or water.
• Stuff turkey loosely.
• Any leftover stuffing can be cooked along-side turkey in foil or in a casserole dish.
• When basting turkey, add some of the juices to any stuffing cooked outside the bird.