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Simple Easy Stuffed Roast Chicken With Gravy For Beginners

This method can be used for roast chicken or turkey. It turns out a lovely moist delicious bird with a tasty stuffing and gravy.

Steps

Preheat oven to 400f.
Empty contents of stuffing box , both the bread crumb and seasoning envelopes , into a medium bowl.
Add hot water and butter.
Stir to mix.
Add chopped water chestnuts , onion and poultry seasoning , mix thoroughly and set aside.
Check inside the chicken for giblets , remove and set aside.
Rinse chicken inside and out with cold running water.
Dry thoroughly inside and out with paper towel.
Sprinkle salt and fresh ground pepper inside the cavity and all over the outside.
Place chicken in a roaster.
Loosely pack the stuffing mix into the main cavity and any left into the neck cavity folding the skin over it.
If necessary secure the neck skin with a pick.
Take a length of kitchen string and tie the ends of the legs as close together as possible.
Rub the butter all over the outside of the chicken making sure to cover the whole outside surface.
Take two lengths of aluminum foil , place one piece over the chicken lengthwise , take the other piece and plac.

Ingredients

chicken flavor stuffing mix, hot water, butter, water chestnuts, onion, poultry seasoning, chicken, salt & fresh ground pepper, aluminum foil, chicken giblets, water, salt and pepper, flour