Brown Sugar-Glazed Capon with Bourbon Gravy

Name: Brown Sugar-Glazed Capon with Bourbon Gravy
Prep time: 1 h 41 min
Cook time: 1 h 41 min
Total time: 1 h 41 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 3 Tbsps bourbon; 59 milliliters packed brown sugar; 4 teaspoons Dijon mustard, divided; 59 milliliters chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 1 teaspoons kosher salt, divided; 397 grams fat-free, lower-sodium chicken broth, divided; 2 Tbsps potato starch; 3 kilograms whole capon or roasting chicken; 79 milliliters minced shallots; 237 milliliters water; 1 Tbsp water

Brown Sugar-Glazed Capon with Bourbon Gravy is a dairy free main course. One portion of this dish contains around 44g of protein, 39g of fat, and a total of 587 calories. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 41 minutes. Head to the store and pick up pepper, bourbon, potato starch, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the water you could follow this main course with the Watermelon-Peach Slushies as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 42

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Oven

Remove and discard giblets and neck from capon. Trim excess fat. Starting at neck cavity, loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers, gently pushing between skin and meat.

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Chicken Drumsticks

Meat

Combine sugar, 2 teaspoons mustard, and 1/2 teaspoon salt; rub sugar mixture under loosened skin and over breast and drumsticks. Tie ends of legs together with twine. Lift wing tips up and over back; tuck under capon.

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Chicken Drumsticks

Mustard

Sugar

Salt

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Kitchen Twine

Place capon, breast side up, on the rack of a broiler pan coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Broiler Pan

Pour 1 cup water into bottom of pan; place rack in pan.

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Water

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Frying Pan

Bake at 425 for 30 minutes.

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Oven

Baste capon with 1 cup broth; loosely cover capon with foil. Reduce oven temperature to 350 (do not remove capon from oven).

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Broth

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Uncover and baste with remaining broth.

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Broth

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Bake an additional 20 minutes or until a thermometer inserted in meaty part of thigh registers 16

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Oven

Remove from oven; let stand for 20 minutes. Discard the skin before serving.

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Oven

Place a zip-top plastic bag inside a 2-cup glass measure.

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Ziploc Bags

Pour drippings from pan into bag.

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Frying Pan

Let stand 2 minutes (fat will rise to the top). Seal bag, and carefully snip off 1 bottom corner of bag.

Drain drippings into measuring cup, stopping before fat layer reaches opening; discard fat.

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Pour drippings into a small saucepan; stir in shallots. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer for 2 minutes.

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Shallot

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Sauce Pan

Add remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons mustard and bourbon, stirring with a whisk; simmer 1 minute.

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Bourbon

Mustard

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Whisk

Combine potato starch and 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk; stir starch mixture into bourbon mixture. Simmer for 1 minute or until thickened.

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Potato Starch