Herb Roasted Stuffed Chicken

By Danielle

Ingredients

• 1 roasting chicken
• 1 12 ounce package herbed stuffing
• 1 cup water
• 3 tbsp butter
• 1 large onion chopped
• 3/4 cup frozen spinach thawed
• 2 ounces prociutto or ham cubed
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• 2 tsp dried sage
• 1/2 tsp dried rosemary
• 2 tbsp heavy cream
• 2 tbsp lemon juice

Preparation

Step 1

preheat oven 350

place roasting rack in pan and rinse chicken

in large bowl toss stuffing with water
in large skillet melt butter over medium heat, add onion, spinach, garlic, prociutto, sage and rosemary.

sautee' until tender about 5 minutes

add spinach mix to stuffing and stir in heavy cream and lemon juice

spoon stuffing into chicken cavity filling 3/4 full. fold skin over openings and close with metal skewers. tuck wings under chicken and place on rack

roast chicken to about 170 or 180
about 1 hour 45 minutes