Herb Roasted Chicken

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (4 lb) roasting chickens
• 1 (12 ounce) package herb stuffing cubes
• 1 cup water
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3/4 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed
• 2 ounces prosciutto or 2 ounces baked ham, cubed
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 teaspoons dried sage
• 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 place roasting rack in large roasting pan.
• 3 rinse chicken; pat dry with paper towels.
• 4 in large bowl, toss stuffing with 1 c water.
• 5 in large skillet, melt butter over medium heat.
• 6 add onion, spinach, prosciutto, garlic, sage and rosemary to skillet; saute until tender, about 5 minutes.
• 7 add spinch mixture to stuffing.
• 8 stir in heavy cream and lemon juice; mix well.
• 9 spoon stuffing loosely into chicken cavity, filling about 3/4 full.
• 10 fold skin over openings and close with metal skewers.
• 11 tuck wings under chicken.
• 12 place on roasting rack.
• 13 roast chicken until an instant-read meat thermometer, inserted in the thigh, not touching the bone, registers 180 and chicken is golden, about 1 hour 45 minutes.