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Roast Chicken with Rice and Nut Stuffing

A whole chicken roasted over a fragrant rice stuffing studded with pine nuts, walnuts and sultanas. The stuffing soaks up the bird's juices and goes on the platter beside it.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on45 min
  • Total2 h 39 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 1.7 kgwhole chicken
  • to tastesalt
  • to tasteblack pepper, freshly ground
  • 60 gbutter
  • 125 mlchicken stock

Rice stuffing

  • 100 gbasmati rice
  • 60 gghee
  • 1onion, small, finely chopped
  • 40 gpine nuts
  • 30 gwalnuts, chopped
  • 30 gsultanas
  • ½ tspbaharat
  • 250 mlwater
  • to tastesalt
  • to tasteblack pepper, freshly ground

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Tree nuts
  • Walnut
  • Mustard
  • Celery
  • Sulfites
  • Pine nut
  • Legumes (any)
  • Fenugreek
  • Rice
  • Grapes
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Fennel
  • Carrot
  • Ginger
  • Turmeric
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Black and white pepper
  • Cinnamon
  • Clove
  • Cardamom
  • Cumin
  • Poultry and birds (any)
  • Chicken
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Aromatic spice

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Probe thermometer

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: low
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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