Chicken Stuffed with Rice and Candied Fruits

⏳ Time

1 hour 10 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

If it turns out too dry, you can drizzle a little olive oil on it. My family personally loves spicy food. So you can add garlic and spices to the rice to your liking — it will be something like pilaf.

Ingredients

Poultry - 2 lbs
Dried Turkey - 5.3 oz
Rice - ½ cup
Apple - 5 pieces
Chopped Sage Leaves - 0.5 oz
Onion - 2 heads
Garlic - 6 cloves
Ground Black Pepper - to taste
Salt - to taste

Step by Step guide

Step 1

First, boil the rice. Then leave it to cool.

Step 2

Chop the dried fruits (raisins, prunes, apricots — about 50 grams each), and add two apples (preferably not too sweet), diced. Then add the rice and finely chopped parsley (you can use cilantro).

Step 3

Rub the inside of the chicken with salt and pepper. Then stuff it with the rice mixture. Finally, sew it up or secure it with toothpicks.

Step 4

In a separate bowl, crush the garlic, add pepper and salt. Then rub this mixture onto the chicken, leaving a little of the garlic mixture. Tie the legs with string.

Step 5

For more aroma, you can make a couple of cuts in the skin, filling them with the remaining garlic-pepper mixture.

Step 6

Place the chicken on a baking sheet, and surround it with sliced onions and large apple wedges.

Step 7

Bake in the oven for about an hour (keep an eye on the crust) at 392°F, periodically basting the chicken with the fat that drips off. In the last 10 minutes, you can brown it at 482°F for a more roasted and crispy crust.