Egypt - Roast Chicken with Peppery Bulgar Wheat Stuffing
Great whole roast chicken recipe.You can easily substitute Brown Rice for
Bulgar Wheat.
Serves 6
Ingredients
1 Tegel Chicken Size 18
½ lemon
½ cup Bulgar wheat, boiled in 1 cup water
for 10 minutes and drained
2 onions
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp each salt and pepper
50g butter – cubed
1 bay leaf
Extra black pepper corns (optional)
2 tbsp olive oil
Method
Preheat oven to 220 C (430 F).Peel and grate one onion into a bowl.Add the drained Bulgar wheat, cinnamon, half
the butter, salt and pepper. Stuff the main cavity of the chicken with the
stuffing.
Lastly, add the lemon and then tie legs
together to keep stuffing intact. Oil a baking dish and place the chicken in
it. Add the bay leaf, the remaining onion (roughly cut) butter, additional
peppercorns and ½ cup of water.
Cover and cook for 45 minutes then uncover
and cook until the chicken is cooked, the juices run clear and the stuffing is
tender (approx. another 15 - 20 minutes).
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