Fruit-Glazed Roast Chicken
Need a gluten free and dairy free main course? Fruit-Glazed Roast Chicken could be a great recipe to try. One serving contains 1013 calories, 66g of protein, and 52g of fat. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 34% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have apricot halves, golden raisins, plums, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 50 minutes.
Instructions
Place four lemon quarters in body cavity of each chicken. Skewer chicken openings; tie drumsticks together.
Place chickens, breast side up, on a rack in a large roasting pan; bake at 375° for 1-1/2 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 180°.
Meanwhile, in a food processor, combine the broth, vinegar, lemon juice, apricots, brown sugar, raisins, ginger and salt. Process until smooth; set aside.
In a small saucepan, bring sugar and water to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium; cook, uncovered, for 7 minutes or until thickened. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the pears, peaches, apricots and prunes; pour hot syrup over fruit.
Let stand 10 minutes; drain and set aside.
Remove chickens from oven; spread with apricot mixture. Return to the oven for 10-15 minutes or until bubbly.
Let stand 10 minutes before carving.
Thicken pan drippings for gravy if desired.
Place chickens on serving platter; spoon fruit mixture around chickens.
Garnish with lemon leaves if desired.
Serve with gravy if desired.