I make this a lot. It is cheap and easy, just have to have some time on your side. The recipes varies greatly depending on my mood with spices, but the basic recipe is always the same.
1 defrosted whole chicken
olive oil
onion
garlic
seasoning (you decide)
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Get out your roasting pan or your chicken roasting pan (you can find them at any Dollar General store for about 8 bux and it is worth getting, just does the job right, make sure to get the kind with the lid). Spray with PAM.
Rinse off your chicken in the sink, clean out the cavity, remove the giblets if there are any. Rub your chicken down with olive oil inside and out. Place breast side down in your roasting pan. Sprinkle your seasonings (like salt, pepper, garlic powder, whatever) in the cavity and stuff a cut up onion in there too. Sprinkle the top of the chicken with the same seasonings. COVER your chicken with either tinfoil or the chicken roasting pan lid and place in the oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes. The total time of your chicken is typically 20 min per lb, but most of the ones you buy at the stores will take about 1 1/2-2 hrs of cooking time total. After 1 hour and 15 minutes remove the tinfoil or lid and start basting the chicken for another 20-40 min of cook time. During this time the chicken will brown on top, basting will help keep it moist and prevent burning, so baste at least every 10 minutes or so.
Remove and test with thermometer (160 degrees is done) or just cut the side and make sure not pink in the breast. Cut up and enjoy.
Some variations I do: Lemon juice inside and out with pepper and rosemary, garlic cloves (about 10) sprinkled inside and out and under the skin with salt and pepper, cajun seasoning, mesquite seasoning, they all turn out great.
Monday, January 24, 2011
RECIPE: Creole Style Stuffed Mushrooms
I got this idea from a weight watchers recipe and modified it to make it just a tad more tasty. It is probably a little more in points (for those of you that keep track) at 1 pt per two mushrooms, but they turned out phenominal!
Ingrediants:
12 large button mushrooms (the kind you buy individually)
1 bunch fresh spinach washed and chopped small, or 1 pck frozen chopped spinach
1 red pepper chopped small
1 bunch green onions chopped
1 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 tbsp olive oil
garlic powder
salt
pepper
creole seasoning (or any kind of cajun seasoning really)
Preheat oven at 350 degrees. Wash mushrooms and remove stems (keep stems). Wash and chop spinach, red pepper, green onions and the stems of the mushrooms only and set aside. Heat skillet and sautee all veges together until spinach is wilted and the mixture is slightly damp, remove and put in a bowl. Add bread crumbs, cheese and seasonings to taste and mix well until bread crumbs soak up moisture from veges. Add more bread crumbs if needed. Stuff your mushrooms with mixture and place on cookie sheet. Sprinkle with cajun seasoning over the top. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes, remove and eat immediately.
There were great the first night, but boy the second day they were really fantastic. I guess the mixture had time to mingle. I suggest making these overnight and baking the next day if you have time, that would be great too. Also, you can use smaller mushrooms for a party if you wanted.
This is a wonderful side dish because you don't have to make anything else (starch, veges all in one). I made a simple baked chicken and served these on the side.
Ingrediants:
12 large button mushrooms (the kind you buy individually)
1 bunch fresh spinach washed and chopped small, or 1 pck frozen chopped spinach
1 red pepper chopped small
1 bunch green onions chopped
1 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 tbsp olive oil
garlic powder
salt
pepper
creole seasoning (or any kind of cajun seasoning really)
Preheat oven at 350 degrees. Wash mushrooms and remove stems (keep stems). Wash and chop spinach, red pepper, green onions and the stems of the mushrooms only and set aside. Heat skillet and sautee all veges together until spinach is wilted and the mixture is slightly damp, remove and put in a bowl. Add bread crumbs, cheese and seasonings to taste and mix well until bread crumbs soak up moisture from veges. Add more bread crumbs if needed. Stuff your mushrooms with mixture and place on cookie sheet. Sprinkle with cajun seasoning over the top. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes, remove and eat immediately.
There were great the first night, but boy the second day they were really fantastic. I guess the mixture had time to mingle. I suggest making these overnight and baking the next day if you have time, that would be great too. Also, you can use smaller mushrooms for a party if you wanted.
This is a wonderful side dish because you don't have to make anything else (starch, veges all in one). I made a simple baked chicken and served these on the side.
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