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Roast Chicken W/Pepperoni Stuffing

Type: Chicken, Poultry
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

5 lbs 2270g / 80ozRoasting chicken
1   Beaten
2   Bacon slices - diced
1   Dried thyme leaves
1 tablespoon 15mlPeanut oil
1   Dried sage leaves
1/2 cup 31g / 1.1ozOnion - chopped
1   Dried oregano leaves
4 cups 948mlItalian bread - cubed
  Chicken broth
1/4 cup 36g / 1.3ozParsley - chopped
  Olive oil
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozGrated parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlSalt
1   Garlic - minced
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlGround black pepper
1/3 cup 30g / 1.1ozPepperoni - minced
  Red pepper - crushed

Recipe Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Fry the bacon in a large skillet. Rinse the chicken inside and out, removing the giblets. Pat dry with paper towels. Set aside.

Combine 2 tablespoons of the bacon drippings with the peanut oil to saute the onion until it is golden brown. Combine the bread, parsley, cheese, garlic, pepperoni, egg, all the seasonings, the diced Sauteed bacon and the onion in a large bowl.

Moisten with chicken broth. Stuff the cavities of the chicken (don't forget the neck cavity) with the mixture. Tie, skewer or suture the cavities. Rub the chicken with the olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper (red and black). Place the chicken, breast side up, in a pan.

Roast for 20 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees. Turn the chicken breast side down. Roast for 2 hours. Serve hot.

Source:
Elizabeth Powell

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