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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 120 Minutes |
Ready In: 150 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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From Martha Steward video, originally a recipe of Norma Darden of Miss Mamie's Spoonbread. (Use two-and-a-half-to-three-pound chickens) Ingredients:
3 sprigs fresh rosemary |
3 garlic cloves |
2 tablespoons yellow mustard |
1 lemon, halved crosswise |
2 roasting chickens, rinsed and patted dry |
2 stalks celery, cut in half crosswise |
1 small onion, quartered |
salt & freshly ground black pepper |
1 cup dry white wine, plus more if needed |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375° . 2. Finely chop the leaves of one sprig rosemary and one clove garlic. 3. In a small bowl, combine mustard, chopped rosemary, and chopped garlic; set aside. 4. Rub each chicken inside and out with half a lemon. Place a lemon half in each cavity. 5. Add to the cavity of each chicken a stalk of celery, two onion quarters, a sprig of rosemary, and a clove of garlic. 6. Rub chickens all over with mustard mixture, and season with salt and pepper. 7. Place on a rack in a large roasting pan. 8. Sprinkle all over with wine. Pour remaining wine into roasting pan. 9. Bake, basting about every 15 minutes, until juices run clear, 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours. 10. Add water or wine as additional basting juices are needed. 11. Remove from oven, transfer chickens to a platter, and let stand 10 minutes. 12. Meanwhile, remove rack from roasting pan and place pan on top of stove over medium heat. 13. Cook until liquid is slightly reduced, about 5 minutes. Pour reduced liquid over chickens, or serve on the side. |
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