BBQ GROUND BEEF-STUFFED CHICKEN

BBQ Ground Beef-Stuffed Chicken image

Here's a neat twist on sausage stuffing-made instead with ground beef and savory BBQ sauce and baked into a roasting chicken.

Provided by My Food and Family

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Time 1h35m

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1/2 lb. lean ground beef
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 small tomato, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
3/4 cup KRAFT Original Barbecue Sauce, divided
1 whole chicken (4 lb.)
1/2 lemon
1/4 tsp. pepper

Steps:

Heat oven to 375ºF.
Brown meat with vegetables in skillet on medium-high heat; drain. Stir in 1/4 cup barbecue sauce.
Place chicken in 13x9-inch baking dish. Squeeze lemon juice over outside of chicken and inside body cavity. Season with pepper. Stuff chicken with meat mixture. Brush with remaining barbecue sauce.
Bake 45 min. Reduce oven temperature to 325ºF. Cover chicken with foil; bake 30 min. or until done (165ºF). Let stand, covered, 10 min. before serving chicken with the stuffing.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 310, Fat 15 g, SaturatedFat 4.5 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 95 mg, Sodium 430 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 30 g