ROASTED PECAN CHICKEN

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Provided by linda mcdougal

Categories     Roasts

Number Of Ingredients 17

CHEESE SPREAD INGREDIENTS
3/4 c pecans, chopped
2 oz goat cheese, creamy
1 small garlic clove, minced
2 Tbsp olive oil
1.5 tsp lemon juice
"just a pinch" of pepper
ROAST CHICKEN INGREDIENTS
3.5 lb chicken, whole
1 onion, sliced
1 lemon, sliced
2/3 c white wine, dry
2/3 c chicken broth
GRAVY INGREDIENTS
2/3 c chicken broth
1 Tbsp cornstarch
1 Tbsp cold water

Steps:

  • 1. Cheese Spread: In a food processor combine pecans, goat cheese, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and pepper to taste.
  • 2. Process until mixture forms a paste.
  • 3. Roast Chicken: Preheat oven to 400.
  • 4. Carefully loosen skin on chicken breast by gently working fingers under the skin starting from both the neck and body cavity ends.
  • 5. Be careful not to pierce or tear the skin.
  • 6. Spread cheese mixture in an even layer in chicken breast underneath the skin.
  • 7. Pull skin back over cheese layer and secure with wooden picks.
  • 8. Tie chicken legs together.
  • 9. Arrange chicken in a 13x9x2\" baking pan on a bed of onion and lemon slices.
  • 10. Add wine and 2/3 cup broth.
  • 11. Roast, uncovered, at 400 for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours until thermometer inserted between leg and thigh registers 180.
  • 12. Baste occasionally with pan juices during baking.
  • 13. If necessary, tent with foil toward end of cooking to prevent overbrowning.
  • 14. Remove chicken from pan and keep warm.
  • 15. Strain pan juices, discarding lemon and onion slices.
  • 16. Skim fat from pan juices.

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