Southwestern Roast Chicken

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup	118ml	Peanut oil
3 tablespoons	45ml	Chili powder
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Jalapeno pepper, chopped
2		Cloves garlic
2 1/2		Pound) broiler fryer chickens
1/2 cup	118ml	Dried sage, divided
2		Cloves garlic, halved and divided
2 teaspoons	10ml	Red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Chopped purple onion
1 teaspoon	5ml	Prepared mustard
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
14 teaspoons	70ml	Pepper

Recipe Instructions

Combine first 4 ingredients in container of electric blender (or food processor); cover and process until smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides. Remove giblets and rinse chickens with cold water; pat dry. Place 1/4 cup sage and 1 halved garlic clove in cavity of each chicken. Tie ends of legs together with string. Lift wingtips up and over back, and tuck under bird. Place chickens on lightly greased rack in a shallow roasting pan, breast side up. Insert meat thermometer into meaty portion of thigh of 1 chicken, making sure it does not touch the bone. Brush chickens with oil mixture. Bake, uncovered, at 500 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake an additional 55 minutes or until meat thermometer registers 180 degrees. Remove sage and garlic from chicken cavities; set aside. Remove chicken to a serving platter; set aside, and keep warm. Skim fat from pan drippings; reserve pan drippings. Combine reserved sage, garlic, vinegar, and next 4 ingredients in container of electric blender (or food processor); cover and process until smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides. Add reserved pan drippings; process until smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides. Serve chicken with sauce.

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