With Chorizo and Cannellini Bean Stuffing
Belated New Year Greetings! I had this lovely roast chicken for dinner last night and it was so delicious, I thought I should share the recipe with you. I love roasting chicken. I think it’s because I’m lazy so once the chicken is in the oven I lounge on the couch and watch my favourite shows.
I love everything about this chicken. The addition of good quality white wine. The excellent aroma from the thyme sprigs, the tangy lemon flavour, the bright red colour from Hungarian paprika and most of all the cannellini and chorizo stuffing. I had the left over stuffing for lunch today, with one roast potato. If you want to experience what we did please watch the Gordon Ramsay video. I’m sure most of you will love it. I wish you a wonderful week. It has been snowing non-stop today so our roads are mushy and slushy but all the same life is good. I look forward to seeing what you’ve been up to since mid-December last year. I have missed you all….
Please watch Gordon Ramsay’s video for full instructions.
Gordon Ramsay’s Classic Roast Chicken
Ingredients for Chorizo and Cannellini Bean Stuffing
- 1 cured Spanish chorizo, diced into cubes
- A splash of olive oil
- I large onion chopped
- 4 cloves garlic finely chopped
- 1 x 540ml (19 fl oz) can cannelloni beans, drained
- Leaves from several thyme sprigs
- 1/3 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
Ingredients for Roast Chicken
- 1.7-2kg (3.5-4.4 Ib) whole chicken, washed and patted dry.
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Chorizo stuffing, above
- 1 small lemon cut into halves
- Some olive oil to drizzle on the chicken
- 1 teaspoon Hungarian or regular paprika (Hungarian, highly recommended)
- 120ml (½ cup) good quality white wine (recipe calls for 250ml)
- 120ml (½ cup) water (recipe calls for 250ml)
Instructions
- To make the stuffing: cook the chorizo in a skillet over medium high heat with a splash of olive oil. Add the onions, stir and let them soak up the chorizo flavour. Then add the chopped garlic, thyme leaves, and the beans. Season with salt and pepper and let the beans soak up flavour as you stir. Lastly add the sun-dried tomatoes, stir briefly and set aside to cool.
- Sprinkle the inside of the bird liberally with salt and pepper, then stuff the bird, leaving a little space for the lemon. Push the lemon in and close the cavity with toothpick or small skewers. Truss the chicken.
- Drizzle or brush olive oil liberally over the whole chicken. Sprinkle salt, pepper and paprika evenly over the chicken and massage all over with your hands.
- Add the wine and water to the roasting pan. Place the chicken in the middle, arrange several sprigs of thyme round the chicken and cover the roasting pan tightly with a foil. Roast with foil on for 1 hour 15 minutes, at 360ºF (180ºC). (I added 8 large potatoes to the roasting pan).
- Remove the foil and continue roasting for another 30 minutes, to crisp up the skin. (I added some carrots in the last 30 minutes).
- Remove chicken from roasting pan and set aside to rest. Remove lemon from cavity and squeeze lemon juice into the roasting juices. Pour the roasting juices into a bowl and season with salt and pepper.
- Remove stuffing from the chicken and place into a bowl and then carve the chicken. Add some roasting juices to the stuffing. Serve.
- Last Updated: February 18, 2019
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Step By Step Photos
Ingredients for the stuffing
Cook chorizo in a skillet over medium high heat with a splash of olive oil.
Add the onions to the chorizo and stir and let them soak up the chorizo flavour.
Then add chopped garlic, thyme leaves, and the beans
Lastly, add the sun-dried tomatoes, stir briefly and set aside to cool.
This is one of the best stuffings I’ve ever eaten. It’s a must try…. (New Year Resolution: eat more beans….LOL)
Drizzle or brush olive oil liberally over the whole chicken. Sprinkle the salt, pepper and paprika evenly over the chicken and massage all over with your hands.
Remove the foil and continue roasting for another 30 minutes, to crisp up the skin. (I added some carrots and potatoes).
myfavouritepastime.com Last Updated: February 18, 2019
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Um This recipe was simple and delicious! My taste buds love this Gordon Ramsay’s Classic Roast Chicken Belated This is the best recipe I’ve made for dinner. thanks for the recipe!
This picture looks fantastic!
Thank you!
Liz
Beautiful! I’ve never thought to use beans in a stuffing, but if Gordon Ramsay does it, then I bet it’s good!!!
It was awesome, and smoky. I really loved it. I shall be making it again, this week!
Liz
Your chicken looks perfect! I would like to learn to do this so will have to watch the video. I am glad things are going well for you and hope your holidays were good!
Holidays were perfect. Nothing to complain about. I hope yours were too!
Liz
Yum that looks delicious, and really love that stuffing!
Thank you. I love it too! Wish the best of 2016
Liz
Yumorama! Love the stuffing too. I actually thought bread was a required ingredient of stuffing but I see you got quite creative. – Kat
Ha ha there are hundreds of stuffing without bread as an ingredient. This is the best one I’ve had in a long time. Have a wonderful weekend!
liz
Looks fantastic, the stuffing has me drooling. This is something I’m sure everyone in the family can agree upon.
Happy New Year, Gretchen
Boy, ain’t I happy to see you. I hope you’re enjoying the new year.
That stuffing is simple but super delicious. You should try it some time.
Pass my warmest regards to your family and enjoy the weekend.
Liz
That is one pretty bird !
Thank you!
Liz
That looks very tasty!
Thank you!
Liz
Chicken and chorizo. Heavenly! Looks so good. And a belated Happy New Year to you too.
Thank you. It’s been a long long time. Have a great week!
Liz
It has! You too.
Thanks!
Wow–I think I might make only the stuffing–it sounds fab!
It tastes awesome and is so easy to make. Have a lovely week!
Liz
Hello! Missed ya too! We are rainy and grey here, with a smattering of sunny, cold days…this dish looks wonderful, the stuffing looks like it could stand alone as it’s own meal! I’m a chorizo fan! Have a great week!
Ha ha thanks for missing me. You make me feel so special!!! Everywhere around me is white. It’s been snow-snow-snow and snow again. I actually had that stuffing for lunch yesterday. It’s totally awesome. Have a fantastic week!
Liz
Liz, this is a great recipe and your chicken looks perfectly gorgeous! Yum!
Thank you. I’ve just been admiring the great photos you have on your blog. Keep up with the great job you’re doing. Have a lovely week!
Liz
Oh yummy! As I’m sitting looking out at the surf here in Hawaii, I’m envisioning changing my mind about where to go and what to have for supper tonight and all the problems trying to chase it down. Maybe I’ll just come to your place! Realistically, I think I will continue to keep it at the back of my mind while I enjoy my salad! Glad to see your post Liz!
Hi Sandy,
I really envy you. Hawaii of all places wow! I can just imagine what it feels like out there. I hope soon, I can start globe trotting like you. One day, I shall cook dinner for you, of course. The world is such a small village you know. I’m having a salad with spinach-apple soup for lunch, today. I made it this morning after shovelling snow for 1 hour. I’m glad today is nice and sunny. It feels like another world. Yesterday the roads were terrible and we went out for dinner. The restaurant was empty. We had all the waiters to ourselves. Have a lovely day and thanks so much for popping by.
Warm regards,
Liz
Tomorrow is our last day here, then we fly on to Australia….Brisbane actually. A friend will pick us up and drive us up to where we will be staying. I will be posting more photos on the blog. Still under the weather with this lung inflammation. Could be worse, I could e at home in the cold and rain! Will be thinking about you, hoping spring comes early this year!
Oh have a pleasant flight to Brisbane. I wonder what the weather is like there-just googled it. Today you’ll be having a high of 28C how perfect. It’s not too cold here today and the roads are nice after the snow melted. It was about 3C yesterday. I hope you’ll be feeling better soon. Keep warm and take good care of yourself!
Liz