Stuffed Roasted Chicken

Ingredients:

1. Chicken whole – 1 (750 gm.)
2. Vinegar - 4tbsp
3. Thread - to tie the chicken
4. Tomato, dhaniya leaves and green chillies for dressing

For Stuffing

1. Big tomato, finely chopped – 1
2. Onions, finely chopped – 2
3. Carrots - 2 and/or beans – 8/10, finely chopped
4. Mutter (as per your taste)
5. Ginger garlic paste – 1, ½ tsbp
6. Red chilli powder – 1, ½ tsp.
7. Haldi – ½ tsp.
8. Green Chillies – 6
9. Salt & pepper (grounded) – taste
10. Chopped dhaniya leaves

Preparation:

Preparing the Chicken:

• Do not the cut the chicken, just ask the butcher to clean the cavity
• Wash chicken, inside out. Please be careful, the inside is to be cleaned thoroughly
• Pat dry with Chicken with a cloth or tissue towel (which ever is available)
• Rub vinegar on the chicken inside out
• Rub pepper and salt to the chicken inside out, immediately after rubbing vinegar
• Leave the chicken in refrigerator for 3 – 4 hours

Preparing the stuffing:

• Boil the diced carrot, mutter and/or diced beans, drain the water and allow them dry
• Heat oil in a pan, till its smoking
• Turn the gas to simmer
• Add onions to the oil to fry. Fry till they are soft. When frying the onions add ¼ tsp. salt
• Add red chilli powder, haldi power, and ginger garlic paste to the pan
• Mix well and stir and at the same time add the chopped tomatoes
• Once they start turning drown – which means they are fried, add the boiled vegies
• Be careful, u might need to add water if required. But do not add too much, as the stuffing must be dry. Once all is fried n dried, place everything in bowl and allow them to cool down

Chicken in the microwave:

• Take out the chicken from the refrigerator
• Stuff the cooled stuffing inside the chicken cavity – caution – don’t squeeze everything in, neither let it stay loosely
• If your entire stuffing doesn’t go inside the chicken, don’t get upset
• Tie the wings of the chicken with a thread, so that it doesn’t fly off
• Also, tie the legs with a thread, in case it decides to run instead
• Rub oil on the outside of the chicken – be generous,
• Place the chicken with breast side facing up on the metal tray. The metal must have been provided with your microwave (use the metal tray not the grill)
• If you have the stuffing left, place it on top and around the chicken
• Add 4 tsp. of oil on top of the chicken, so that it make a small pool of oil around the chicken on the tray
• Pre heat the microwave to 150 – 200 C for 5 minutes
• Place the tray and set the timer for 40 minutes
• After 20 minutes, take out the chicken and turn it. So that the breast is on the tray now
• Continue baking it
• After 20 minutes check for tenderness of the chicken, if leathery, then place the chicken again for another 5 – 10 minutes

Dressing:

• Cut the threads tied earlier
• Place the chicken a ceramic tray
• Cut tomatoes and onions in rings, and place them on top and around the chicken
• Cut green chillies in long slender pieces and place them around the chicken
• Sprinkle dhaniya leafs and add a dash of lemon for taste