Stuffed Chicken Leg Quarters

BobS

This was a first for me. I decided ot make stuffed, chicken, leg quarters and they turned oug really good!

The stuffing consisted of shallots, mushrooms, ground lamb, spinach, feta cheese and pine nuts! Yum

Here is the stuffing just as I mixed in the cheese and nuts. I let this cool while I deboned the chicken.



Here are the stuffed legs on the grill



I added a baked sweet potato and some sautéed Brussels sprouts.

East Cobb Eggy

Wow those look great.

Greg

JLOCKHART29

How exactly did you debone and stuff whole chicken quarters and what did you do to the sweet potato and brussel sprouts. The sprouts look great!

BobS

JLOCKHART29 wrote:

How exactly did you debone and stuff whole chicken quarters and what did you do to the sweet potato and brussel sprouts. The sprouts look great!

I bought standard leg quarters and used a sharp knife to cut around the joint on the thigh and scrape the meat down the the joint on the leg. I continued to cut around that joint and cut/scraped the meat down to the bottom joint on the leg.

The leg was basically a hollow tube that was easy to stuff. The thigh is too thin on the inside, so it was basically just a flat piece of meat, connected to the leg.

I forced meat down inside the leg and then laid a mound of stuffing on the open thigh. I used two pieces of string to tie everything together.

I am going to do this again, but just us the legs.

I seasoned the outside with DP Dizzy Dust and cooked them indirect, at about 325 until they got up to 180 internal.

The sweet potatioe was cooked in the microwave, so nothing very special there.

For the Brussels Sprouts, I cut up a large shalot and let is soften in some EVOO. I cleaned up the sprouts and cut them in half or quarters and added them to the pan. I let them start to brown, added a little champagne vinegar and put a top on to let them steam. I cooked them with the lid on for about 10 minutes until they were soft.

They are really good that way. I also like to start them with a little chopped bacon or panceta, but I did not have any tonight. They are great if you stir in a little balsamic vinegar too.

ThrRoff

Boy those look good. Really creative stuffing.

ViennaJack

That last picture settled it - this is going on the to-do list!

pop-a- top

I got to do those sprouts