Roast chicken stuffed with farofa: the ideal Sunday dish

Roast chicken stuffed with farofa: the ideal Sunday dish

Sunday family lunch includes a roast chicken stuffed with farofaRight?




Yielding up to 8 servings, this recipe is cheaper than baked chicken, but equally delicious.

Stuffed with farofa, the chicken also goes very well with the holiday menu.

Then take a look at all the preparation instructions and enjoy!

Roast chicken stuffed with farofa

Time: 2 hours (+4 hours of rest)

Performance: 8 servings

Difficulty: easy

Ingredients:

  • 1 whole chicken (about 2 kg)
  • 1 cup and 1/2 cup (tea) orange juice
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 4 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 1 sprig of chopped rosemary
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • Salt and black pepper to taste

Farofa

  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 chopped apples
  • 3 cups cassava flour
  • Salt and chopped green chilli to taste

Preparation method:

  1. For the farofa, heat a pan with the butter over medium heat and fry the onion and garlic for 3 minutes.
  2. Add the apple sprinkled with lemon juice and sauté for 2 minutes.
  3. Add the flour, salt, green chillies, mix and turn off. Book.
  4. Place the chicken in a bowl, cover it with the orange juice, honey, olive oil, rosemary, garlic, salt and pepper.
  5. Cover and leave to macerate for 4 hours, turning halfway through cooking.
  6. Remove chicken and reserve marinade.
  7. Stuff the chicken with part of the farofa and place it in a mould.
  8. Drizzle with marinade, cover with aluminum foil and place in preheated medium oven for 1 hour.
  9. Remove the paper and bake for another hour or until golden brown.
  10. Transfer the chicken to a serving plate, decorate as desired and serve with the remaining farofa.

Source: Terra

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