While in Rwandan Hotels and restaurants, homes; you will frequently hear customers ordering for Inkoko (Chicken).
Roasted Whole Chicken makes a nice treat any day and on every occasion but most people avoid preparing this yummy recipe for the fear of messing it up. The most important thing you need to do when roasting whole chicken is to make sure that the chicken is thoroughly seasoned.
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken
- 1 big stock cube
- 1 teaspoon dry ground cayenne pepper (or ground black pepper)
- 1 cigar cup or 180g long grain parboiled rice
- Vegetables
- 1 Carrot
- 1 handful green peas (or green beans)
- Seasoning
- 1 medium onion
- 1 big stock cube
- 2 teaspoons curry powder (no chili)
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Before you roast the chicken
- Prepare the blend of seasonings for the body of the chicken by mixing the dry ground pepper and stock cube (crushed).
- Scrape and cut the carrots into small cubes and cut the onion into small pieces.
Making the Roasted Whole Chicken: Step by Step
1. Prepare the stuffing.
- Rinse, sieve and Parboil enough rice for chicken stuffing
- Put it in a bowl, add the curry powder and mix well.
- Add the diced carrots, green peas, diced onions, thyme, salt to taste and some vegetable oil. Stir well and set aside.
2. Stuff the Chicken
- Wash the chicken and dry with a towel.
- Stuff the inside with the seasoned rice and vegetables. Do not over fill it because remember that this rice is only parboiled and it will rise as it cooks.
- When done, tie the legs of the chicken to maintain a more presentable shape
- Set your oven to 180°C (350°F) to preheat.
- Rub some vegetable oil on the chicken, sprinkle the blend of seasonings prepared earlier and rub it all over the body of the chicken.
- Make sure the chicken’s wings are tucked away under the chicken.
3. Prepare the side dish
- If you want to use only rice as your side dish, then you should have prepared enough in step 1.
- Dish the remaining rice from the stuffing into an oven tray leaving some space at the centre for the chicken.
- Place the chicken at the center and place in the preheated oven for one and a half hours.
- The chicken is done when it is golden, the rice inside the chicken is well done and a cut into the chicken thigh shows a white flesh with some succulent juice
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