Traditional Christmas roast chicken with thyme and onion stuffing - Real Recipes from Mums

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Traditional Christmas roast chicken with thyme and onion stuffing

Serves 4
140 minutes
Difficulty Easy
13 Ingredients

This is a great recipe for a Sunday roast chicken or the perfect Christmas stuffed roast chicken.

Ingredients (serves 4)

1.5 kg medium chicken
1 onion, roughly chopped
2 carrots, roughly chopped
2 sticks of celery
2 Tbsp olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
100g bread, broken into pieces
STUFFING
1 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
1 Tbsp fresh thyme, chopped
1 small onion, cut into quarters
50g butter, softened
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Place the chicken and vegetables in a roasting tin. Drizzle with the olive oil and season well with the salt and pepper. Place in the centre of the preheated oven. Roast the chicken for approx. 1 hour 20 mins.
Halfway through cooking, spoon the juices over the chicken and add a couple of tablespoons of water to the roasting tin to stop the vegetables from burning. To check if the chicken is cooked pierce the thickest part of the leg - the juices should be running clear.
To Make the Stuffing: Place the bread, parsley, thyme and onion in a food processor. Process until you have fine bread-crumbs and the onion is finely chopped. Season and add in the butter.

Notes

A delicious stuffed roast chicken passed down to me by my mum.

14 Comments
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- - rachelvk said
  - 19 Jan 2017
    11:07 am
Not just a Christmas recipe… this sounds great all year round!

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- - mom145308 said
  - 31 Jul 2016
    12:25 pm
I need to cook this during this chilly weather! Havnt had a roast chicken in ages!
- mom93821 replied
  
  26 Dec 2018 , 5:02 pm
  I love roast chicken through all the seasons – my favourite comfort roast.
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- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 29 May 2016
    8:41 am
wow what a great recipe! I think it sounds extremely tasty!

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- - youngoldlady said
  - 05 Jan 2016
    1:59 am
Will be following this advice as having trouble with my chickens lately. My family love stuffing, so will be using this one.
- mom94125 replied
  
  24 Jan 2016 , 4:55 pm
  yep it is a good one. cheers daniel for sharing your impressive idea.
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- - coastalkaryn said
  - 27 Dec 2015
    11:28 am
sounds utterly yum. ta for the recipe

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- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Dec 2015
    1:02 pm
i have never made stuffing lol, cooked plenty of chickens though

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- - mom160421 said
  - 26 Nov 2015
    9:50 pm
I love recipes that are handed down – they have stood the test of time.

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- - mom90758 said
  - 22 Nov 2015
    12:20 pm
Checking your recipe, roasting an entire chicken doesn’t look difficult at all. Thanks for sharing!

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- - mom93821 said
  - 21 Nov 2015
    6:34 am
Thanks for sharing your recipe for roast chicken – looks good. Love recipes that have been handed down and ones from mums are special!

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- - mom62624 said
  - 20 Nov 2015
    12:23 pm
A simple recipe that looks delicious; perfect for the whole family to enjoy, thanks!.

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- - mom112217 said
  - 19 Nov 2015
    12:19 pm
Great recipe for Christmas,it looks perfect Daniel,thanks!

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- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 18 Nov 2015
    9:33 pm
Good on you Daniel. You must be a whizz in the kitchen

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