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Yorkshire chicken

Yorkshire chicken is a dish of boiled chicken served with oven cooked stuffing, a perfect recipe to take advantage of boiling fowl, not as tender as young chicken but much cheaper.

Ingredients

4 lb chicken (a boiling fowl)
2 carrot (chopped)
2 onion (one whole, one chopped for the stuffing)
2 clove (whole cloves, stuck into one onion)
2 clv garlic
1 t pepper (black peppercorns)
6 1⁄2 c broth (6 cups for boiling chicken, 1/2 cup for stuffing)
  seasoning (salt and ground pepper to taste)
4 T butter
10 sli bread (white bread, crust removed and crumbled)
1⁄2 c parsley (resh parsley leaves, chopped)
1 lemon (zest and juice)
3⁄4 c wine (white wine)
1 liver (chicken liver, chopped)
1 c prunes (pitted, chopped, and 12 more whole)

Instructions

  1. Truss the chicken and place in a large kettle with carrots, clove studded onion, bouquet garni, garlic, pepercorns and wine.
  2. Season lightly and add enough stock to cover the bird.
  3. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours, or until chicken is tender.
  4. Remove from heat and keep warm.

Stuffing

  1. Pre-heat oven to 375°F (190°C)
  2. Heat 2 Tbs butter in a pan and cook onion until soft but not brown.
  3. Add chopped liver and cook until seared.
  4. Add bread, parsley, lemon zest and juice and the reamining 2 Tbs butter, melted.
  5. Fill the 12 whole prunes with this mixture.
  6. Spread the rest in a baking pan top with the filled prunes.
  7. Cover with foil and bake for 30-40 minutes.

 

Serving

 Carve the chicken. Arrange slices of chicken meat on the plates, coated with sauce, and with wedges of stuffing and the stuffed prunes around.

Total time
1 hour, 50 minutes
Cooking time
90
Preparation time
20
Yield
4 servings

Notes

A veloute is the perfect sauce to accompany this recipe. Add some steamed vegetables for a complete dish.

Turn the chicken once while boiling to ensure even cooking.

Source

English cuisine

moderate, simmer, roast
poultry, dinner, budget
British food recipes
Food in Europe