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Dream Chicken

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 45 minutes
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Servings

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken with wings cleaned and dried
  • 3 medium potatoes peeled, cooked and mashed
  • 2 onions finely diced and fried in oil to golden color
  • 10 carrots sliced thin
  • 5 celery stalks grated
  • 4 apples peeled, cored and medium cubed
  • 5 tablespoons of oil
  • 1 cup water
  • Salt pepper and paprika to taste
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoons potato starch
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons orange juice
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice

Instructions

  • Coat chicken with paprika inside and out.
  • Stuff the cavity with mashed potato, ground pepper and half of the fried onions.
  • Sew up the cavity so the potato mix doesn’t escape. Tie up the legs, tuck in the wings and lay the chicken into a roasting pan.
  • Add the carrots, celery and the remaining fried onions, to the pan, surrounding the chicken. Add the water and cover.
  • In an oven set to 450°F, roast for about an hour. 
  • Add the apple cubes around the chicken.
  • Cover and continue roasting for an additional hour.
  • Meanwhile, prepare glaze mixture.
  • After the final hour, remove the cover and coat with the glaze mixture . Rub it in well and return the pan to the oven and roast an additional ¼ hour uncovered.