Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

--------------------------STUFFING-------------------------------
1 Clove garlic -- minced
1 Onion -- chopped
2 tb Unsalted butter
1 Green bell pepper --
Chopped
1 c Celery -- chopped
6 oz Chorizo -- cut in 1/4" dice
1 Roasted red pepper --
Chopped
1 Pickled jalapeno -- chopped
3 c Cooked rice

--------------------------CHICKEN-------------------------------
6 lb Roasting chicken
1 sl Bread
1/2 ts Ground cumin
1/2 ts Chili powder
1/4 ts Dried oregano -- crumbled

Make the stuffing: In a skillet cook the garlic and the onion in the
butter over moderately low heat, stirring, until the onion is
softened, add the green pepper, celery, and the chorizo, and cook the
mixture, stirring, for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the vegetables are
softened. Transfer the mixture to a bowl. stir in the roasted red
pepper, jalapeno, rice, salt and pepper to taste and let the stuffing
cool. Preheat the oven to 325. Rinse the chicken, pat it dry, and
trim the excess fat from the cavity. Stuff the chicken loosely with
some of the stuffing, cover the stuffing with the bread, and truss
the chicken. Put the chicken in a roasting pan and sprinkle it with
the cumin, chili powder, oregano, salt and pepper to taste. Transfer
the remaining stuffing to a small baking dish and reserve it, covered
with foil and chill. Roast the chicken in the oven, basting it
occasionally, for 2 hours. During the last 30 to 45 minutes of
roasting bake the remaining stuffing in the baking dish, covered, in
the oven until it is heated through and moisten it iwth some of the
pan juices before serving.

Recipe By : Gourmet's America

From: Meg Antczak Date: 08-09-95 (21:45) (159)
Fido: Cooking

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