Roasted Chicken with Bourbon Pear Butter Glaze

Name: Roasted Chicken with Bourbon Pear Butter Glaze
Prep time: 1 h 55 min
Cook time: 1 h 55 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters bourbon; 3 kgs chickens; 1 bulb fennel, quartered, fronds reserved for garnish; 1 bulb fennel, shaved on a mandolin (or sliced very thinly), fronds reserved for garnish; 4 sprigs fresh rosemary; 1 teaspoon ground cardamom; 1 Juice of lemon; 2 Juice of lemons (save the rinds for the chickens); 6 servings Olive oil, for drizzling; 946 milliliters unsweetened pear sauce (like applesauce, but pear); 6 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 355 milliliters sugar

Roasted Chicken with Bourbon Pear Butter Glaze might be just the main course you are searching for. One serving contains 1420 calories, 86g of protein, and 83g of fat. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 35% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 55 minutes. A mixture of olive oil, chickens, bulb fennel, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet.

Instructions

Combine the pear sauce, sugar, bourbon, cardamom and lemon juice in a saucepan and cook, stirring constantly, until it reduces by half, 25 to 30 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup of the glaze to slather on the chickens as they cook, and the rest for serving.

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Lemon Juice

Cardamom

Chicken

Bourbon

Sauce

Sugar

Pear

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For the roasted chicken: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

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Roasted Chicken

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Oven

Pat the chickens dry and sprinkle liberally all over with salt and pepper. Divide the rosemary, lemon rinds and fennel between the cavities of both chickens. Tie the legs with butcher's twine and tuck the wings under the chickens.

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Salt And Pepper

Chicken

Rosemary

Fennel

Lemon

Chicken Wings

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Kitchen Twine

Place the chickens in a roasting pan and roast for 45 minutes.

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Chicken

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Remove the pan from the oven and slather the chickens generously with the reserved pear butter glaze. Roast until the juices run clear when pricked, 15 to 20 more minutes.

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Chicken

Butter

Glaze

Pear

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Let rest for 5 minutes to allow for carryover cooking.

For the fennel salad: Meanwhile, toss the shaved fennel with the lemon juice, a drizzle of olive oil and salt and pepper to taste and place on a platter.

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Salt And Pepper

Lemon Juice

Olive Oil