Another chicken recipe

If you haven't noticed by now, I enjoy chicken. Plus as I have said before, 1 chicken can stretch a long way so I use them for economical value as well.

I tried something a little different today and must say, I was very happy with how it came out. It's a sun dried tomato based chicken.

Not long ago we had a bbq and I bought a jar of sun dried tomatos. I absolutely love the ones from Aldi I must say, they are so soft and easy to eat. But in this case I did not use the tomatos but the oil they were stored in.

I used this as the base for my chicken skin seasoning. A few tablespoons of the oil from the jar, a bit of garlic oil, a grushed garlic clove, a good heaped tablestoon of curry powder, salt, pepper, mixed seasoning and that's done.

I know it sounds like quite a bit of curry but the one I use is quite mild and it does cook out a lot when roasting and it really balances out the sweetness of the tomato oil.

For the stuffing I used a sun dried tomato and fetta bread loaf I bought on the weekend at the markets. I used a slightly more american method of making the stuffing where I chopped it into small cubes rather than blending to a crumb. I used about 4 thick slices, perhaps a little more and about a cup of beef stock, though this can change depending on how much bread you use. Just pour it in and mix it around until the bread is nice and moist, having absorbed all the liquid. Add some salt and seasoning and half a finely chopped onion.

I mashed the bread up a bit with a fork so it wasn't too lumpy and then stuffed my chicken. Coat it with the oil mix you made previously and cook for the recommended time. I used my turbo cooker and it came out PERFECT. Really moist with a nice crunchy and very tasty skin.

Don't stuff the chicken too much as the stuffing does expand in cooking and the extra moisture goes into the chicken.

It really came out with a fabulous flavour and no doubt the fat drippings could make a lovely unique tasting gravy.

In other news, I bought myself a great little tool! I cook a lot with onions and bought an Alligator Slicer. Pop in half an onion, press down and you get beautifully fine little squares of onion. Also great for making what is sort of like a shoestring fry but a bit shorter. It was $35 from the King of Knives website and they had a free postage deal going at the time.