Deboned Stuffed Chicken

blind99

I was inspired by @ChillyWillis and @NPHuskerFL posts.  I went to YouTube U. and watched Pepin, dang that guy is amazing.  I will definitely be using this technique a lot.

We like to make bread salad in the summer so I thought of stuffing a chicken with it, but I was worried that tomatoes and basil would get too wet.  I went with sundried tomato and feta.  So the recipe was:

Deboned chicken, pepper on inside.

Stuffing: Cubed dried bread, feta, sundried tomatoes, diced red and yellow peppers, 1/4 of a chopped onion, chopped garlic (two cloves).  Mixed together with some olive oil and a little balsamic vinegar, just until it's all barely moistened.  

Pack it all together and secure it up.  The grocery didn't have twine but they had turkey lacers which worked great - I'll use them again.

Brush w olive oil, sprinkle with kosher salt and oregano.

Cooked indirect until internal temp 165.

(Served with green beans and potatoes.  Potatoes are boiled just until done, then tossed with olive oil, kosher salt, garlic powder, rosemary, then grilled direct for a few minutes on each side.)

Mattman3969

Wow, that bird looks outstanding!!! All these boneless stuffed yard birds showing here are gonna make me have to try this new phenomenon

ChillyWillis

Ooooooooooo baby!!!!! That looks fan-frigging-tastic! What a cool idea for the stuffing. That's what makes these so much fun.... the possibilities are endless.

Did you find the deboning process difficult? I thought the toughest part was figuring out exactly how to cut around the joint in the leg bones. I think the process will be much easier now that I've done it once.

:-bd =P~ =D>

blind99

Thanks! Not technically hard but very confusing for sure! I kept stopping to wash my hands then watch more of the video. Finally got my wife to pause and rewind it for me. Of course I got her coaching - "no that's not the right place to cut it!" I think it will be much easier next time though I'll never do it in one minute like pepin. I also need to upgrade my ikea paring knife to something sharper.

In the future id make the bread cubes smaller. I also need to find some lump with a more neutral flavor.

ChillyWillis

blind99 said:

I kept stopping to wash my hands then watch more of the video. Finally got my wife to pause and rewind it for me.

The exact same thing happened on my end. Chicken guts and the iPhone touch screen apparently don't like each other.

blind99

I find raw chicken pretty gross. The recent discussion about salmonella almost made me spray the whole kitchen with bleach after deboning the thing.

NPHuskerFL

Fan-freakin-tastic! =D>