GORDON RAMSY’S STUFFED CHICKEN
Gordon Ramsy’s Stuffed Chicken Recipe, was absolutely devine! Instead of chest nuts I used macadamia nuts and instead of the celery, I used mushrooms
1 Large deboned chicken (wings removed)
Olive oil, for drizzling
For the stuffing:
Olive oil, for frying
½ onion, peeled and diced (I grated mine)
1 Garlic clove, peeled and chopped
1 celery stick, trimmed and diced (I used mushrooms instead)
50 g pine nuts
75 g peeled cooked chestnuts, broken into pieces (I used diced macadamia’s)
100 g cooked mixed rice, e.g. basmati and wild rice
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the parsley dressing:
Small bunch of flat leaf parsley
1 garlic clove, peeled (I left it out)
½ tablespoon wholegrain mustard
1-1 ½ tablespoon red wine vinegar (couldn’t find it, so I used white wine vinegar)
5 tablespoons olive oil
Preheat the oven to 180ºC / gas 4
First prepare the stuffing. Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat, and add a glug of oil. Saute the onion for 4 min, the add the garlic and continue to cook for another 1 – 2 minutes until softened. Add the celery, then stir in the pine nuts and chestnuts, taste and season well. Add the cooked rice and parsley, stir again, then taste and adjust the seasoning as necessary.
Place the deboned chicken skin side down on a work surface. Season inside. Place the stuffing in the centre of the chicken and fold the sides around it. Tie the chicken at regular intervals with string, then turn the parcel over so that the breast faces upwards
Drizzle olive oil over the outside of the chicken and season with salt and pepper. Place in a roasting tray and roast for 1 hour, basting now and again, then turn the oven up to 200C / Gas 6 and roast for a further 15 – 20 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and the skin golden and crisp. Remove and rest for 15 min before serving.
Meanwhile, make the parsley dressing. Finely chop the parsley and garlic. Mix with the mustard and vinegar, then add the olive oil bit by bit, whisking continuously to thicken.
Serve the stuffed chicken in slices with the dressing spooned on top.
(I served it with mash and a tomato/feta salad)
Enjoy 🙂
Photo: Maggie du Plessis
