Serves 4<\/p>\n
Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 (5-7lb) roasting chicken Procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Pat chicken dry. Slide hand between chicken skin & meat (over breast & legs) to form pockets. July 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":17188,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17186"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17189,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17186\/revisions\/17189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgdining.com\/foxcroft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1 c basil pesto sauce (homemade is best!)
\n3 T dry white wine
\n\u00be c (plus 2 T) chicken broth
\n2 T all purpose flour
\n3 T whipping cream
\nfresh basil sprigs<\/p>\n
\n2. Reserve 1 T pesto for gravy, then spread the rest of the pesto under the skin in pockets, in cavity & over outer skin.
\n3. Tie legs together, tuck wings under body, place chicken in large roasting pan.
\n4. Preheat oven 450\u00b0F & roast chicken 15 mins. Reduce heat 375\u00b0F & roast 1\u00bc hr more (internal temp 165\u00b0F).
\n5. Transfer chicken to platter, pour pan juices into glass cup, degrease & reserve.
\n6. Add wine to roasting pan & bring to a boil, scrape up browned bits.
\n7. Combine 2 T broth & flour in a bowl, stir until smooth.
\n8. In heavy saucepan, add wine mixture, pan juices, \u00be c chicken broth, & flour mixture; bring to boil whisking constantly.
\n9. Boil until reduced to sauce consistency about 5 mins. Mix in 1 T pesto, cream, s&p.
\n10. Garnish chicken platter with basil sprigs, serve pesto gravy on the side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"