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Roast Chicken with Fruit Stuffing

A whole chicken stuffed with onion, prunes, apricots, sultanas and apple scented with cinnamon, then roasted slowly and basted. The fruit stuffing is served on rice and soaks up the juices.

  • YieldServes 5
  • Hands-on45 min
  • Total2 h 59 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 90 gghee
  • 1onion, finely chopped
  • 125 gpitted prunes, chopped
  • 30 gsultanas
  • 90 gdried apricot halves
  • 1apple, peeled, cored and diced
  • 1 tspground cinnamon
  • to tastesalt
  • to tastefreshly ground black pepper
  • to tastebrown sugar
  • 1½ kgwhole chicken
  • ½lemon

To serve

  • ½ tspsaffron threads, soaked in a little hot water for 10 minutesoptional
  • to tastesteamed rice

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Sulfites
  • Rice
  • Pome fruits (any)
  • Apple
  • Stone fruits (any)
  • Plum
  • Apricot
  • Grapes
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Black and white pepper
  • Cinnamon
  • Saffron
  • Poultry and birds (any)
  • Chicken
  • Fructose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Entertaining
  • Holiday

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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