Roast Chicken with Shallots and Dried Cranberries

Name: Roast Chicken with Shallots and Dried Cranberries
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 283 grams baby spinach; 2 kilograms chicken; 118 milliliters dried cranberries; 750 milliliters bottle French hard cider; 2 Tbsps fresh lemon juice; 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 59 milliliters pine nuts; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground pepper; 8 smalls shallots, peeled; 1 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened; 177 milliliters dry vermouth, preferably French

The recipe Roast Chicken with Shallots and Dried Cranberries can be made in approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes. This recipe covers 50% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This gluten free and primal recipe has 1301 calories, 89g of protein, and 81g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas. Head to the store and pick up baby spinach, chicken, shallots, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. It works well as a main course.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 37

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Put the chicken in a small roasting pan and rub the skin all over with the butter. Generously season the chicken inside and out with salt and pepper. Roast the chicken for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until the juices tipped out of the cavity run clear.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

Butter

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Roasting Pan

Transfer the chicken to a carving board and cover loosely with foil; let stand for 10 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

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Aluminum Foil

Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, combine the hard cider with the shallots, dried cranberries, cloves and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat until the cranberries are softened, about 5 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer the cranberries to a medium bowl. Continue to simmer the shallots until they are tender, about 20 minutes longer. Strain the mixture into a smaller saucepan and transfer the shallots to the bowl with the cranberries. Boil the cider over moderately high heat until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 15 minutes.

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Dried Cranberries

Cranberries

Hard Cider

Shallot

Clove

Cider

Salt

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Slotted Spoon

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Bowl

Pour off the fat from the chicken-roasting pan and set the pan over two burners.

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Whole Chicken

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Roasting Pan

Add 1/2 cup of the vermouth and simmer over moderately low heat, scraping up any browned bits with a wooden spoon, about 2 minutes.

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Vermouth

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Wooden Spoon

Add the reduced cider and any accumulated juices from the chicken and simmer, stirring, until the sauce is reduced to 3/4 cup, about 3 minutes. Season the sauce with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

Sauce

Pour the sauce into a small saucepan and keep warm over low heat.

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Sauce

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Sauce Pan

In a large skillet, heat the olive oil.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the pine nuts and cook over moderate heat, shaking the pan occasionally until golden, about 1 minute.

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Pine Nuts

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Frying Pan

Add the remaining 1/4 cup of vermouth and the lemon juice and boil over moderately high heat until reduced to 2 tablespoons, about 2 minutes.

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Lemon Juice

Vermouth

Add the spinach and cook, stirring, until just wilted, about 2 minutes. Stir in the cranberries and shallots and heat through; season with salt and pepper. Carve the chicken and serve the shallot-and-spinach mixture alongside, passing the sauce at the table.

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Salt And Pepper

Cranberries

Shallot

Whole Chicken

Spinach