Roasted Chicken with Star Anise Sauce, Ginger Carrots and Snap Peas

Name: Roasted Chicken with Star Anise Sauce, Ginger Carrots and Snap Peas
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp anise seed; 4 servings Freshly ground black pepper; 1 Tbsp brown sugar; 2 teaspoons butter, divided; 4 carrots, peeled and cut on a bias 1/2-inch thick; 1 stalk celery, chopped; 473 milliliters chicken stock; 1 Tbsp grated fresh ginger; 2 sprigs fresh rosemary; 2 sprigs fresh thyme; 2 Tbsps grated fresh garlic; 6 cloves garlic; 1 Tbsp honey; 1 onion, halved; 1 orange, halved; 1 Tbsp rice wine vinegar; 4 servings Salt; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 Tbsp sesame oil; 710 milliliters snow or snap peas; 118 milliliters soy sauce; 1 whole chicken

Roasted Chicken with Star Anise Sauce, Ginger Carrots and Snap Peas might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 40g of protein, 32g of fat, and a total of 573 calories. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 3 hours. If you have salt, garlic, honey, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the rice wine vinegar you could follow this main course with the Red Velvet Mug Cake as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet.

Instructions

For the chicken: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Whole Chicken

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Oven

Clean the chicken and sprinkle the entire bird, inside and out, with salt and pepper. Stuff the bird with the oranges, garlic, onions, celery, rosemary and thyme.

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Salt And Pepper

Rosemary

Whole Chicken

Orange

Celery

Garlic

Onion

Thyme

Place the chicken on a rack in a roasting pan and bake for 20 minutes. If the chicken is browning too quickly, turn the oven down to 375 degrees F and cook until the internal temperature of the chicken is 165 degrees, about 1 hour 20 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

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Roasting Pan

Oven

Remove the chicken from the oven, tent with foil and let rest 30 minutes. While the chicken is cooking, work on the garnishes.

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Whole Chicken

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

For the snow peas and carrots: Fill a large pot with water, season with salt and bring to a boil. Prepare an ice bath by placing ice cubes and water in a bowl. Set aside. Dump the snap peas into the boiling water and cook until al dente. Be sure to test the peas as they are cooking to prevent them from overcooking. Use a slotted spoon to remove the snow peas from the water and plunge into the ice bath.

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Peas And Carrots

Ice

Sugar Snap Peas

Snow Peas

Water

Peas

Salt

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Slotted Spoon

Bowl

Pot

Remove from the ice when cool and reserve until service.

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Ice

Put the carrots, ginger, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons butter and brown sugar in a saute pan and add water until the carrots are barely covered. The carrots should be in a single layer. Put on high heat and cook until all the water is nearly evaporated. Cover and set aside for service.

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Brown Sugar

Carrot

Butter

Ginger

Water

Salt

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Frying Pan

Combine the stock, soy sauce, anise seeds, honey, vinegar, sesame oil and thyme and reduce until the sauce coats the back of a spoon.

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Anise

Sesame Oil

Soy Sauce

Vinegar

Honey

Sauce

Stock

Thyme

Once the chicken has rested, carve the bird by removing the legs from the thighs and slicing the breasts in half.

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Whole Chicken

Pour any juices that have collected in the pan into the sauce and hold warm over low heat.

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Sauce

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Frying Pan

To finish the snap peas, heat a saute pan over medium heat and add 1 tablespoon butter. Once it is bubbly, add the garlic and snap peas. Season with salt and pepper. To finish the carrots, gently reheat over medium heat and add the remaining 1 tablespoon butter to moisten.

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Salt And Pepper

Sugar Snap Peas

Carrot

Butter

Garlic

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Frying Pan

Once everything is hot, serve a piece of white and dark meat garnished with the carrots, snap peas and drizzled with the sauce.

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Sugar Snap Peas

Carrot