Inside-Out Chicken Supper

Name: Inside-Out Chicken Supper
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 200 g (7 oz) potatoes, cut into 3 cm (1¼ in) chunks; 1 bay leaf; ½ hot red chilli (ideally Scotch Bonnet), deseeded and finely chopped; ½ red onion, roughly chopped; 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped; 2 good pinches of black pepper; salt and black pepper; 1 whole chicken (about 1.2 kg/2 lb 12 oz); 300 g (10½ oz) pumpkin or butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and cut into 4 cm (1½ in) chunks; good pinch of salt; ½ chicken stock cube (optional); 1 spring onion, roughly chopped; lime wedges, to serve (optional); 3 cm (1¼ in) fresh root ginger, peeled and finely chopped; 2 tbsp. finely chopped fresh coriander leaves; 1 large rosemary sprig

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food for Friends

By Levi Roots

Published 2010

About

My mother makes the best chicken soup in the world. Here’s my own spin on it...if that’s allowed, Mum! It’s as much a stew as a soup, a chunky dish that is a meal in itself.

Ingredients

1 whole chicken (about 1.2 kg/2 lb 12 oz)

Supper
Dinner
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

Mix together all the ingredients for the stuffing in a bowl. Spoon the stuffing into the chicken, then put the bird in a casserole dish that is just large enough to hold it. Add the pumpkin or squash and the potatoes. Pour over about 850 ml (