East Indian Roast Chicken Recipe
A festive meal calls for a beautiful roasted chicken or turkey. This Stuffed Chicken is authentic East-Indian style with bacon, carrots, peas, almonds, and raisins. Perfect for any celebration. It takes only 20 minutes to prep and about 40 minutes to bake.
There was no Christmas celebration without mom's stuffed roast chicken. It was something we always looked forward to on special occasions. A dinner table with mom's homemade food is good memories that make me miss my mom even more.
Ingredients
- 1.5 kg (1.5 kg) Chicken 2 ½ lbs
- ¼ cup (¼ cup ) Chicken stock
- ¼ cup (¼ cup) Butter melted
For the Stuffing
- 2 cups (2 cups) Loaf bread cubed
- 50 grams (50 grams ) Bacon chopped
- 2 cup (2 cup) Onion finely chopped
- ½ cup (½ cup) Carrot diced
- 1 /2 cup (1 /2 cup) Potato diced
- ¼ cup (¼ cup ) Green Peas
- ¼ inch (¼ inch) French ginger finely chopped
- ½ tsp (½ tsp) garlic minced
- 3 (3 ) Green chilled Sliced
- ½ cup (½ cup ) Tomato chopped
- ¼ cup (¼ cup) Cilantro chopped
- ¼ cup (¼ cup) Mint leaves chopped
- 1 cup (1 cup) chicken spare parts liver, gizzard, hearts - cooked & chopped
- ½ tsp (½ tsp ) Sugar
- 8 (8 ) Almonds
- 20 (20 ) Black Raisins
- 2 tbsp (2 tbsp) Sour lime juice lemon juice
- ½ tsp (½ tsp) Cinnamon powder
Instructions
- Cut bread in cubes and lightly toast in a tbsp of ghee in a fry pan or on a baking try in the oven (180C - 10 to 15 mins)
- Fry bacon - until almost all the fat is rendered. Remove from pan and set aside. Drain excess fat leaving a little to saute.
- Fry onions until light brown, add ginger, garlic, saute for a 2 minutes
- Add potatoes, carrots - cook until veggies are almost cooked then add the green peas.
- Next, add green chillies, tomatoes, mint, cilantro, chicken spare parts (liver, gizzard, heats) - suate 2 minutes
- Add the sour lime/lemon, cinnamon and sugar - mix well.
- Finally, add the bacon, and bread cubes, black raisins, almonds - toss every thing until well combined
- Remove from pan and let cool for 15 to 30 minutes (the stuffing can be made up to a day ahead and kept in the fridge)
Bake
- Preheat the oven at 200 C / 400 F
- Clean and wipe dry the chicken
- Season with salt and pepper - leave for 15 to 30 minutes
- Use a baking dish large enough for the chicken and extra stuffing
- Add the chicken stock to the bread stuffing and toss well.
- Lightly stuff chicken with the bread mixture - do not over stuff as the bread will get soggy. Spread the remaining stuffing in the baking pan around the chicken
- Truse / Tie the chicken legs - brush the whole chicken with oil
- Bake the chicken for 30 minutes on the center rack. Reduce the heat to 180 C / 356 F
- Reduce the heat to 180 C / 356 F - Brush the chicken with melted butter
- Continue to bake for another 30 to 35 minutes until the chicken is golden and cooked thru. When you poke a knife in the thickest part of the chicken thigh the juices should run clear.
- As a guide, you bake the first 15 minutes at 210 °C/ 425 °F. Then, calculate 20 minutes for every 1 lb or 500 grams chicken. Of course, the best guide is until juices run clear or the internal temperature reaches 165 °F / 75 °C.Tip - The foolproof method would be to use a meat thermometer. The temperature should reach 165 °F or 75 °C in the thickest part of the thigh or 145 °F in the breast.
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Maria Michael
Love your recipes and the way you make things. Simple basic ingredients that would be in every household. I have always been fascinated with India and people of India. I am greek background born in Australia and live there and fulfilled my dream went to India in 2018 and fell involve with the place and the people. I love cooking indian meals but now I found your website can't wait to start cooking your recipes. The one thing I was looking for was making yogurt without a starter and your sight came up. So glad to have found you.
Veena Azmanov
Thank you, Maria. Welcome to my blog. Yes, I do have how to make yogurt from scratch without a starter on my other blog Veena Azmanov. I do have some Indian recipes there too. Let me know if you try any of my recipes.
Chris
Hi Veena...what a wonderful blog...a real treasure trove of recipes. Would love to try this stuffed chicken.. does the chicken have to be turned during roasting. And how do we know when its cooked.
Veena Azmanov
Hey Chris. Thank you so much. Happy you like my blog
I baste and brush with melted butter but do not turn the chicken. That is why I have a nice color.
When you poke a knife in the thickest part of the chicken thigh the juices should run clear. That means the chicken is done.
The foolproof method would be to use a meat thermometer. The temperature should reach 165 °F or 75 °C in the thickest part of the thigh or 145 °F in the breast.