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chicken bacon salt ground black pepper sage thyme tarragon marjoram rosemary basil thyme garlic shallots olive oil water carrots red potatoes Brussel sprouts stalks of corn chicken broth
Viewed: 5 - Published at: 3 years agoIngredients
- 3-5 lb chicken with giblets
- 6 thick-cut strips of bacon
- 1 Tbsp coarse sea/kosher salt
- 1 Tbsp freshly ground black pepper (or to taste if a peppered bacon is used)
- 1 tsp sage
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 tsp tarragon
- 1 tsp marjoram
- 5 sprigs of fresh rosemary
- 5 sprigs of fresh basil
- 10 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 3-5 cloves fresh garlic, smashed + 3-5 cloves fresh garlic, smashed
- 3 shallots or 1/2 onion + 3 shallots or 1/2 onion
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup water/broth/wine (deglazer liquid)
- 3 large carrots
- 3 red potatoes
- 20 brussel sprouts or 4 stalks of celery
- 2 stalks of corn, cut kernals from cob
- 2 cups chicken broth
Method
- Preheat oven or rotisserie for 450F degrees.
- Wash and refine (de-feather as needed) bird. Let sit.
- Wash and set aside giblets.
- Put salt, pepper, and dry spices of sage, thyme, tarragon and marjoram into plastic bag.
- Add separated bacon strips to bag and toss/massage seasonings into bacon.
- Work fingers under skin of bird and separate broad pockets.
- Stuff 3 strips of seasoned bacon under skin on both sides of bird, working the bacon into the limb-cavities as much as possible.
- Stuff fresh herbs and seasonings into the cavity (rosemary, basil, thyme, garlic, and shallot/onion).
- Truss bird for rotisserie or oven roast as needed.
- Place in oven/rotisserie for approximately 1 hour for a 3 lb bird, adding 20 mins per lb.
- For the most tender-juiciest bird using temperature testing: after 1 hour, place meat-thermometer into center of breast without touching bone. It's done when 165F degrees.
- Meanwhile, in a very large, oven-proof sautee pan, with olive oil, heat other half of garlic and shallot/onion portion for a few minutes, savoring the aroma but keep the ingredients moving in the pan.
- Add giblets.
- Sautee ingredients until they "thicken" at the bottom but not yet burning.
- Add deglazer liquid, stir.
- Add to sautee pan: carrots, potatoes, brussels/celery and corn.
- Season salt and pepper.
- Add broth, remove from heat, put in oven with chicken until it's all done.