Festive Stuffed Chicken

Name: Festive Stuffed Chicken
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 × Basic Roast Chicken, before it goes into the oven; Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 50 g dried cranberries; 50 g pistachio nuts, toasted and chopped; 60 ml chopped fresh herbs, such as sage, tarragon and parsley; Zest and juice of 1 small lemon; 60 ml chopped fresh herbs, such as sage, tarragon and parsley; 60 ml chopped fresh herbs, such as sage, tarragon and parsley; 60 ml chopped fresh herbs, such as sage, tarragon and parsley; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 100 g dried breadcrumbs (I always buy my breadcrumbs!); 100 g dried breadcrumbs (I always buy my breadcrumbs!); 1 egg; 200 g lean pork mince or sausage meat; 200 g lean pork mince or sausage meat; ½ medium onion, finely chopped; 1 celery rib, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

Lisa Clark Everyday

By Lisa Clark

Published 2018

About

If you have any stuffing mixture left over, form into little balls and place onto the base of the roasting dish 20 minutes before the end of the cooking time. Or make extra stuffing and do this anyway.

Ingredients

200 g lean pork mince or sausage meat
½ medium onion, finely chopped
1

Main course
Starter

Method

In a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients, except the chicken, until well mixed.
Using your hands, push the stuffing into the cavity of the chicken.
Tie the legs together with string and roast according to the method for the basic roast chicken.