Roast Chicken With Mashed Potato Stuffing Food

ROASTED CHICKEN WITH GARLIC MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Pan sear breasts on both sides and finish in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 10 to 15 minutes or until done.
• Cook potatoes in water until cooked through. While still hot add the remaining ingredients and mash well.

STUFFED CHICKEN (MASHED POTATOES)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a medium saucepan, add the potatoes and enough cold water to cover, and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer until the potatoes are fork-tender, about 15 minutes. Drain, then return the potatoes to the pot. Add the milk, 2 tablespoons of butter and lemon zest and mash until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer the potatoes to a work surface, flatten into an even round and cut into quarters.
• Run your fingers under the skin of each chicken breast to separate it from the meat. Place 1/4 of the potatoes under the skin of each breast, gently pressing to evenly distribute. Place the stuffed chicken in a roasting pan, drizzle with the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake until tender and the juices run clear, about 40 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a platter. Stir the lemon juice, parsley and remaining 2 tablespoons butter into the pan juices, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom. Spoon the sauce over the chicken and serve.

ROAST CHICKEN WITH STUFFING

Steps:

• Mix stuffing mix with water and 1/4 c melted butter in microwavable bowl; cover. Microwave on high 5-6 minutes until heated through. Fluff with fork.
• Rinse bird; pat dry. Stuff lightly with prepared stuffing. Any extra can be saved for later use, as it is already cooked, or put into a greased casserole and warmed through (approx 5-10 minutes) after chicken is done.
• Place chicken on rack with breast side up in an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Brush with 1/2 c melted butter. Combine seasonings; sprinkle over chicken. Pour chicken broth in bottom of baking pan. Cover tightly and bake at 400° for 1 hour. Uncover and bake 30 minutes longer or until a meat thermometer reads 180°.
• When chicken is done, remove from pan, unstuff stuffing and use juices to make gravy.

STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH SMASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• preheat oven to 300 degrees F
• For the Stuffing:
• saute pancetta in a pan sprayed with non stick spray until crisp, remove to a bowl
• add the spinach, ricotta, Gorgonzola, basil, parsley and mix well
• Season with salt and pepper
• Add the eggs, mix well, and set aside
• Make the Chicken:
• Place each chicken breast between 2 doubled-up sheets of plastic wrap, and pound to an even 1/4-inch thickness with a meat-pounder or rolling pin
• Divide the stuffing between the breasts, mounding it along the center of each
• Fold the bottom edge of each breast over the stuffing, fold in the sides, and roll forward until completely wrapped, to form a tight rolled package
• Secure each flap with a toothpick
• Season the chicken all over with salt and pepper, to taste
• Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large skillet over medium heat
• Add the chicken in batches and cook, turning occasionally, until browned, about 2 minutes per side
• Cover the skillet, turn the heat down to low, and cook until just cooked through, about 5 minutes more
• Transfer to a platter, tent with foil and keep warm in oven
• meanwhile make the potatoes--
• add potatoes in a 6 qt pan with water to cover and kosher salt
• bring to a boil
• lower to simmer, cover and cook 15-20 minutes until potatoes are tender
• drain
• return to pot and cook over low heat until dried, remove from heat
• add butter, salt, pepper and milk, mashing with a masher until chunky, set aside
• for the sauce :
• pour wine into the skillet over high heat and cook, stirring and scraping the bottom with a wooden spoon
• add stock, mustard, lemon zest and juice, parsley, salt and pepper to taste
• bring to a boil and simmer until thickened, 5-8 minutes
• place potatoes on 4 plates
• serve 1 chicken breast overlapping potatoes and serve sauce atop

CHICKEN WITH POTATO STUFFING

Steps:

• Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water until almost tender; drain and set aside. Cook the sausage in boiling water for 10 minutes; drain. Halve each sausage lengthwise, then cut into 1/2-in. pieces. , In a large skillet over medium heat, cook and stir potatoes, sausage and onion in butter until sausage is browned and onion is tender. Add 2 teaspoons parsley, salt, rosemary, 3/4 teaspoon thyme and pepper., Stuff the chicken with the potato mixture. Place the remaining stuffing in a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish; cover and refrigerate until ready to bake., Place chicken in a roasting pan breast side up; brush with oil and sprinkle with remaining parsley and thyme. Add water to pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 2-1/4 hours or until a thermometer inserted in stuffing reads 165° and a thermometer inserted in the thigh reads 180°., Bake stuffing in the baking dish for 45 minutes or until heated through and lightly browned. Remove chicken from oven; tent with foil. Let stand 15 minutes before removing stuffing and carving. Skim fat and thicken pan drippings for gravy if desired. Serve with chicken and stuffing.

ROAST CHICKEN STUFFED WITH HERBED POTATOES

Steps:

• Process the parsley, garlic, rosemary,thyme and sage until minced.
• Reserve 2 tbsp.
• Put 1 cup of chicken stock in a sauce pan add the herb mixture (reserve the 2 tbsp) and bring to a simmer.
• Stir in the potatoes, heat to boil,covered, cook until they are tender but still firm about 15 min.
• let them rest to cool, drain if there is any stock left, and reserve it.
• Spoon half the potatoes into the chicken sew the cavity shut.
• Rub the reserved herb mixture all over the chicken.
• Arrange remaining potatoes around the chicken in the baking dish.
• Spoon some of the remaining broth over the chicken.
• Roast in a 375F oven for 1 hour or until the juices run clear-internal temp 180f degrees.
• Baste the chicken every 15 minutes with the stock.

MASHED-POTATO-STUFFED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In a medium saucepan, bring potatoes and enough cold water to cover to a boil. Simmer until potatoes are fork tender, about 15 minutes.
• Drain and return potatoes to pan.
• Add milk, 2 tablespooons butter, and lemon peel. Mash until smooth. Can add other seasonings if desired.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer potatoes to a work surface, flatten into an even round and cut into quarters.
• Run your fingers under the skin of each chicken breast to separate it from the meat.
• Place one quarter of the potatoes unter the skin, gently pressing to evenly distribute.
• Place stuffed chicken breasts in a roasting pan. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Bake until tender and juices run clear, about 40 minutes.
• Transfer to chicken to a plate. Stir lemon juice, parsley and remaining butter into the pan juices, scraping any borwned bits from the bottom. Spoon sauce over the chicken and serve.

ROAST CHICKEN WITH MASHED-POTATO STUFFING AND ROOT VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Make mashed-potato stuffing:
• Peel potatoes and cut into 1/2-inch pieces. In a saucepan of boiling salted water boil potatoes with garlic and bay leaf until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain potato mixture, return it to pan, and cook over high heat, shaking pan, until any excess liquid is evaporated, about 30 seconds. Remove pan from heat and discard bay leaf. Add milk, butter, and thyme. Mash potatoes and garlic with a potato masher until smooth and stir in salt and pepper to taste.
• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Rinse chicken inside and out and pat dry completely. Fill cavity loosely with some of stuffing and reserve remaining stuffing in a small baking dish. Truss chicken and rub all over with butter. Season chicken with salt and pepper and arrange, breast side down, on a rack set in a large shallow roasting pan. In a small bowl toss shallots and garlic with oil and add to roasting pan.
• Roast chicken in lower third of oven for 30 minutes. Turn chicken breast side up and baste with pan juices. Arrange vegetables and thyme sprigs in pan and season with salt and pepper. Roast chicken and vegetables, stirring and basting frequently, 1 hour, or until a meat thermometer inserted in fleshy part of thigh registers 180°F. During last 30 minutes of roasting bake reserved stuffing, covered with foil.
• Let chicken stand 10 minutes before carving. Discard thyme sprigs. Serve chicken, stuffing, and vegetables sprinkled with parsley.