Apple-Raisin Stuffed Chicken Thighs

Recipe Ingredients

		Apple Raisin Filling
2 tablespoons	30ml	Raisins
1 tablespoon	15ml	Dark rum
		Non-stick cooking spray
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Chopped onion
1		Granny smith apple
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons	10ml	Sugar
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	W/w breadcrumbs
		Chicken
8		Chicken thighs
1/4 cup	59ml	Apple juice
3		Dried apple twigs or wood

Recipe Instructions

Soak apple twigs in water for 30 minutes before grilling; drain.

Apple-Raisin filling:  Put raisins in small bowl and sprinkle with rum. Let raisins stand 20 minutes. Peel, core and chop the apple.  Remove and discard chicken skin and pull bone out, leaving a pocket for stuffing.  Heat a sprayed non-stick frying pan.

Saute onions and apples, covered, about 5 minutes over medium heat. Stir as necessary. Mix cinnamon and sugar together, and sprinkle over apple mixture. Toss in breadcrumbs and raisins.  Divide stuffing and fill pockets in chicken thighs.

Chicken:  Scatter drained apple wood over ashen-hot coals and replace grid. Spray grill rack and position it on grid. Brush chicken with apple juice.  Grill thighs about 6 minutes on each side or until cooked.

Grilling time depends on size and thickness of thighs.  Turn chicken as necessary, brushing with apple juice each time.  Serve 2 chicken thighs on each plate.

Hints

Any firm baking apple is acceptable.

Source:
LHJ

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