Apple Citrus Brined Chicken
Ready in 2 hours (12-24 hours in brine prior)
Makes 1 whole chicken
Recipe by Courtney Anderson
Ingredients
Roast Chicken:
1 whole Pine View Farms chicken
1 onion
1 Apple
1 head garlic
1 brined Chicken
1/2 cup bone broth
1/4 cup ghee/butter or oil
2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp onion powder
Salt
Pepper
Fresh herbs
3 sprigs Rosemary
3 sprigs Parsley
2 Oranges
1 Apple
2 Lemons
8 cups water
1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup honey
1 tbsp peppercorns
1 head garlic
1 tbsp Apple cider vinegar
Directions
- Bring water to a boil. Juice lemons and oranges and add rinds and juice to water. Add in herbs, honey, garlic, and apple. Stir until honey is melted and allow to simmer for 5 minutes. Add salt and mix until dissolved.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool. In a large pot add chicken and brine (make sure chicken is submerged) and allow chicken to sit in the refrigerator overnight.
- Take brine pot out of the fridge, remove the chicken, rinse and pat dry. Preheat oven to 425F.
- Remove organs from inside chicken and stuff with diced apple, sliced onion, one head of garlic, and poultry herbs. In a roaster or cast iron pan, add 1/2 cup bone broth and chicken. Rub chicken skin with butter/ghee/oil, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper.
- Place in roaster and put in the oven. Baste chicken every 30 minutes. In the remaining 15 minutes drizzle with honey (optiona. Bake for 1 1/2 - 2 hours (until internal temperature reaches 165F). Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 15min before slicing.