Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Matching Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Roast chicken with old fashioned bread stuffing Food Roast chicken with old fashioned bread stuffing Preparation time Cooking time Serves 4 Ingredients 1kg chicken Spray olive oil Salt For the bread stuffing 150g day-old bread, crust on and broken into small pieces 60g finely chopped onion 1tbsp each of roughly chopped fresh parsley, rosemary and thyme 1tsp ground nutmeg Finely grated zest of one small orange 1 egg Method Wipe out the inside of the chicken, mix all the stuffing ingredients together, put inside the gut cavity and push firmly. (Do not over-fill as it will burst out during cooking.) Tie or skewer the legs around the opening to secure closure. Spray with oil. Put the chicken on its back onto a cooking rack then into a baking dish. Sprinkle with salt and cook at 180ºC for 50 minutes. Internal temperature of chicken must be at least 75ºC. Baste the chicken with the drippings, twice for maximum effect. Remove from the oven, rest for 5 minutes, cut into quarters and serve with vegetables or salad of your choice. Food Preparation time Cooking time Serves 4 SHARE You might also like Food Lyndey Milan's Roasted pumpkin soup with cheese crostini Food Julie's roast crowne of chicken Food Pancetta-wrapped chicken braised in perry with pear and walnut salad