Clodagh Mckenna festive roast chicken with stuffing and a chilli cranberry sauce recipe on This Morning

Clodagh Mckenna served up a tasty festive roast chicken with stuffing and a chilli cranberry sauce on This Morning.

The ingredients are: 1 whole chicken (1.6kg), 200g butter, softened, 2 tbsp fresh sage, finely chopped, Juice and zest of 1 orange, 2 cloves of garlic, crushed, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

For perfect roasties: 1kg potatoes (Maris Pipers or King Edwards), peeled, 3 tablespoons butter, 2 cloves of garlic, crushed, 1 tbsp chopped thyme leaves, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

For the stuffing: 180g fresh breadcrumbs, 2 shallots, finely diced, 1 clove garlic, crushed, 1 tbsp flat-leaf parsley leaves, finely chopped, 1 tbsp fresh sage, finely chopped, 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest, 70g butter, softened, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, 12 slices smoked streaky bacon.

For the cranberry sauce: 400g fresh cranberries, 200g sugar, 100ml water, 6 whole cloves, 1 inch of fresh ginger, peeled, 1 chili, split and de-seeded and 1 cinnamon stick.




See recipes by Clodagh in her book titled : In Minutes: 10, 20, 30 – How much time do you have tonight? available from Amazon now.