Roast Chicken Stuffed with Lemon and Thyme Scented Chickpeas

Name: Roast Chicken Stuffed with Lemon and Thyme Scented Chickpeas
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 135 min
Yield: 4 Portionen
Ingredients: 1.5 kg Whole chicken; 400 g Already cooked chickpeas; 3 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil; 1 piece Lemon (zest and juice); 1 piece Whole lemon; 50 g Butter; 5 foglia Fresh thyme; Salt; Black pepper

Main course

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Cook Time

2 h 15 min

Servings

Difficulty

Easy

Prep Time

45 Min

Description

This roast chicken stuffed with chickpeas is true comfort food! I often prepare it for Sunday lunch, and every time it's a success. The chickpea stuffing, flavored with lemon and thyme, makes the chicken particularly tasty and succulent. The preparation is simple, but the result is a flavorful dish, perfect for a family dinner or with friends. The touch of thyme-flavored butter makes the skin crispy and golden. A true pleasure for the palate!

Ingredients (9 ingredients)

1.5 kg Whole chicken
400 g Already cooked chickpeas
3 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
1 piece Lemon (zest and juice)
1 piece Whole lemon
50 g Butter
5 foglia Fresh thyme
Salt
Black pepper

Preparation (7 steps)

Preparation of chickpea stuffing

Pour 400g of already cooked chickpeas into a bowl. Add 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, salt to taste, a generous grind of black pepper, grated zest and juice of 1 lemon. Mix well to blend all the flavors.

Chicken stuffing

Take a whole chicken (about 1.5 kg) and stuff it with the prepared chickpea mixture. Close the opening of the chicken with a whole lemon.

Preparation of flavored butter

Thermomix® Setting

3 min/122°F/Speed 2 50

Put 50g of butter in the Mixtopf and add 5 fresh thyme leaves. Melt the butter: 3 Min./50°C/Stufe 2.

180

Chicken seasoning

Gently lift the chicken skin from the underlying pulp and, being careful not to break it, season the under-skin with the melted flavored butter. Spread the surface of the chicken with the remaining butter.

Preparation for baking

Transfer the chicken to a grill placed inside a baking sheet. Salt and pepper the surface of the chicken well. Make sure the opening of the chicken is well closed with a skewer.

Baking

Bake at 190-200°C in a static oven for about 75 minutes; if in the last 5 minutes of cooking you notice that the chicken has not browned well, turn on the grill and finish cooking.