Chicken Bearnaise
Chicken Bearnaise is a classic French recipe using a whole chicken, sausagemeat and various herbs, vegetables and spices.
Ingredients
- 1 chicken weighing 2 1/2 lbs
- 1 dry bread roll
- 5 oz lean boiled ham
- 1 garlic clove
- 7 oz sausagemeat
- 2 tbsp chopped chives
- 1 3/4 pint water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 sprig fresh thyme
- 2 sprigs flat leaved parsley
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 small onions
- 2 small carrots
- 1 small piece celeriac
- 2 small leeks
- 14 oz savoy cabbage
- 7 oz french bean green beans
Instructions
- Wash and dry chicken and giblets.
- Soak bread roll in cold water.
- Chop ham and giblets. Peel and chop garlic, and combine with ham, giblets, sausagemeat, chives and crumbled bread roll.
- Fill chicken with stuffing, fastening opening together with cocktail sticks.
- Bring water to the boil with salt, herbs and bay leaf. Put in chicken and cook, covered, for 1 hour.
- Peel and chop onions. Clean or scrape carrots, celeriac and leeks, then wash and chop them. Cut cabbage in fine strips. Clean and wash beans, then break into pieces.
- Add prepared vegetables to chicken and cook all together for an additional 30 minutes.
Calories: 738 kcal
Carbohydrates: 61 g
Protein: 43 g
Fat: 35g
Saturated Fat: 10 g
Trans Fat: 1 g
Cholesterol: 134 mg
Sodium: 1477 mg
Potassium: 1116 mg
Fiber: 8 g
Sugar: 8 g
Vitamin A: 5065 IU
Vitamin C: 44 mg
Calcium: 141 mg
Iron: 4 mg