Vincent Price Friday Chicken

Total Time: 2 hrs 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (7 lb) capons or 1 (7 lb) chicken
• 1 small onion, grated (about 1/3 to 1/2 cup)
• 5 slices bread, crusts removed
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup finely chopped parsley
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons salt, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, divided
• 1 teaspoon thyme or 1 teaspoon crumbed sage
• 1/2 cup butter, softened

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 take the capon or chicken and loosen the skin by sliding your hand under the skin around the thighs and breast meat, tearing the connective tissue from the upper layer.
• 3 finely grate the onion using a box grater or food processor- make sure you don't lose the liquid from the onion; set aside.
• 4 cut the crusts from the bread; discard crusts (or reserve for some other dish).
• 5 sprinkle the bread with the water and let it sit for 3 minutes; squeeze the excess water from the slices, and crumble or roughly chop into pieces.
• 6 to make the stuffing, thoroughly combine the moistened bread with the parsley, eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, thyme or sage, and grated onion (together with the onion juice).
• 7 insert the stuffing between the loosened skin and meat of the capon: over the breast and into the thighs.
• 8 take a shallow roasting pan with a rack and place the capon breast-up on the rack.
• 9 rub the capon with the softened butter, then sprinkle with the remaining 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• 10 roast at 375° for 45 minutes, basting frequently with the pan juices.
• 11 reduce the temperature to 350° and roast for an additional 1 hour, basting every 20 minutes, then carefully turn the capon over onto the breast and cook for another 15 minutes to brown the meat on the back.
• 12 remove from oven and let chicken rest for 5 minutes then carve and serve hot, or also is good cold the next day.
• 13 source: "a treasury of great recipes" posted by michael in phoenix at gail's recipe swap.