Recipe - Roasted Chicken With Sun-Dried Tomatoes And Garlic Cooktop

12 Sundried tomatoes; no oil
1 teaspoon Chopped fresh sage
1 teaspoon Fresh rosemary leaves;
crumbled
One half teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper
1 Whole fryer chicken; (3lb)
1 teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoon Olive oil
2 Garlic heads

GARLIC: Separate the cloves and peel each clove.

In a small saucepan over high heat, combine 2 cups of water with the
tomatoes and bring to a boil; boil for 5 minutes.

With a slotted spoon, remove the tomatoes, finely chop and set aside. Boil
the tomato liquid for about 10 minutes, until reduced to One fourth cup. Set
aside.

In a small bowl, combine the tomatoes, sage, rosemary and pepper. Using
your fingers, gently lift the chicken skin away from the flesh of the
breasts and legs; try not to tear the skin.

Stuff the tomato mixture under the loosened skin. Sprinkle the chicken
cavity with salt.

Tie the legs together using kitchen string.

In a large, heavy nonstick saucepan or Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over
mediumhigh heat. Add the chicken, breastside down.

Scatter the garlic cloves over and around the chicken. Reduce the heat to
mediumlow and cook, covered, for 20 minutes.

Turn the chicken over and cook, covered, 30 Minutes more, until the chicken
registers 165 degrees on a meat thermometer and the juices run clear when a
thigh is pierced with a knife.

Remove the chicken to a serving platter.

Add the reserved tomato water to the pan and cook, stirring constantly,
over high heat for 2 minutes, until thick and slightly syrupy.

Spoon the sauce and garlic cloves over the chicken and serve. Serves 4.

Excerpted from "Little Books for Cooks: Tomatoes, edited by Deri Reed.
Distributed by The Riverside PressEnterprise, Food for 18mar98. Edited
by Pat Hanneman (Kitpath)

Notes: The intense flavor of sundried tomatoes permeates this roasted
chicken. When roasted, garlic is sweet and mild. Chicken is roasted on the
stove top. MC PER SERVING 520 cals, 37g fat

Recipe by: LITTLE BOOKS FOR COOKS: TOMATOES

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by KitPATh phannema@wizard.ucr.edu on Mar 18,
1998