Roast Chicken With Rice and Wheat Bread Stuffing Recipe

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Roast Chicken With Rice and Wheat Bread Stuffing
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Ingredients:

  • 1 white onion , medium
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup rice
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 2 tsp sage
  • 1/2 tbsp tarragon

Directions:

  1. In medium sauce pan bring 2 cups of chicken broth and 1/4 cup butter to boil. Add 1 cup uncooked rice. Cover and reduce to simmer, stirring occasionally.
  2. Finely dice onion and carrots. In medium skillet heat 3 tbs olive oil over medium low heat. Add carrots and onion with a dash of salt. Sweat vegetables till onions are soft and opaque.
  3. Remove crusts from 12 oz whole wheat bread. Cut bread up into small squares. Lay on cookie sheet and toast in oven at 200 degrees F.
  4. Remove bread from oven when well toasted but not burnt. In Large mixing bowel, roughly crumble bread. (Doesn't have to be fine bread crumbs.) Combine with cooked rice, salt, paprika, pepper, sage, tarragon, carrots, onions and walnuts. Add 1 cup chicken broth to soften stuffing.
  5. Stuff your 5lb roasting hen with stuffing. Tie legs together with kitchen string. Put in a large enough roasting pan so grease won't spill out as bird cooks.
  6. Sprinkle outside of bird with a little salt, pepper, sage, paprika and tarragon.
  7. Cover with foil and roast in oven at 350 degrees F for 2 1/2 to 3 hrs or until juices run clear at leg, thigh joint. Uncover in the last 30 to 40 minutes of roasting to allow skin to get crispy.
  8. Allow bird to rest 15 minutes before carving.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1247.73 Kcal (5224 kJ)
Calories from fat 683.77 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 75.97g 117%
Cholesterol 360.46mg 120%
Sodium 1191.49mg 50%
Potassium 1071.16mg 23%
Total Carbs 56.3g 19%
Sugars 5.55g 22%
Dietary Fiber 7.56g 30%
Protein 78.57g 157%
Vitamin C 22.2mg 37%
Vitamin A 0.5mg 16%
Iron 8.7mg 48%
Calcium 468.1mg 47%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 187.97 Kcal (787 kJ)
Calories from fat 103.01 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11.45g 117%
Cholesterol 54.3mg 120%
Sodium 179.5mg 50%
Potassium 161.37mg 23%
Total Carbs 8.48g 19%
Sugars 0.84g 22%
Dietary Fiber 1.14g 30%
Protein 11.84g 157%
Vitamin C 3.4mg 37%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 16%
Iron 1.3mg 48%
Calcium 70.5mg 47%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 30.5
    Points
  • 32
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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