ROASTED CHICKEN STUFFED WITH CHORIZO

 Did a Gordon Ramsey cooking lesson tonight.  Roast chicken with chorizo stuffing.  Good!

 ROASTED CHICKEN STUFFED WITH CHORIZO

 Ingredients

1. • 1 tsp olive oil

2. • 6 ounces chorizo sausage, diced

3. • 1/2 onion, diced

4. • 2 cloves garlic, minced

5. • 1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes, half-dried

6. • 14 oz cannellini beans, rinsed and drained

7. • 1 tsp fresh thyme

8. • 1 whole chicken (4-5 lbs.)

9. • 1 lemon

10. • 1 tbsp olive oil

11. • 1 tbsp paprika

12. • salt and pepper

13. • 1 cup white wine

14. • 1 cup water

15. • 4 sprigs thyme

 (I used more chorizo and beans because it looked so good.  Glad I did!)

 Instructions

 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

 2. Heat olive oil in a sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add chorizo and sauté until browned, about 3-4 minutes. Add onion, garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, beans, and thyme. Season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium and cook until vegetables have softened, about 7-8 minutes. Remove from heat.

 3. Rinse chicken and pat dry with paper towels. Stuff the cavity with the sausage mix. Place the lemon in the cavity and tuck the legs together to hold the stuffing and lemon inside.

 4. Rub olive oil on the outside of the chicken. Season with paprika, salt and pepper. Place chicken in a roasting pan. Pour wine and water in the pan with the thyme sprigs. Cover the chicken with aluminum foil and roast the chicken for 1 hour.

 5. Remove foil and continue cooking the chicken for 30 minutes or the internal temperature reads 160 degrees F. Remove chicken from the oven and let rest for 15 minutes.

 6. Remove the lemon and stuffing from the cavity. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice into the cooking juices. Strain the juices.

 7. Break down the chicken, cutting the breast, thighs and drumsticks. Drizzle the strained juices onto the chicken and stuffing. Serve.

 By GORDON RAMSAY