Peter's Whole Roasted Avocado Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 roasting chicken
• salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 2 avocados
• 1 lime, juice and zest of
• 1 lemon, juice and zest of
• 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
• 1 teaspoon dried chili pepper flakes
• 2 teaspoons parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180c/350°f.
• 2 line a roasting pan with foil (makes for easier clean-up).
• 3 rinse and pat dry the chicken. sit the chicken in the pan and season with salt and pepper.
• 4 cut the avocados in half, remove the stones and scoop out the flesh with a spoon into a bowl.
• 5 roughly mash the avocado so that you still have some small chunks. add the remaining stuffing ingredients, mix together and taste for seasoning.
• 6 stuff the mixture between the skin and flesh as best you can all over the chicken. it's ok if some is sticking out.
• 7 mix the ingredients for the coating and drizzle or brush the honey mixture all over the chicken skin.
• 8 bake the chicken for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, depending on its size, basting occasionally with any juices in the pan or with any leftover honey mixture.
• 9 remove from oven when done and allow to rest 5-10 minutes before carving.