Dinner Tonight: Whole Seasoned Roaster Chicken w/ Potato Pancakes, Cut Green Beans, and Baked Harvest Grain Bread
Beautiful but crisp and sunny Autumn Day, started out at 28 degrees this morning. Ran a couple of errands and went to Kroger for a couple of items. I needed some Sugarless Peach Preserves for a recipe that I had planned on having to night. I found the Peach Preserves, though not Sugarless will still work. But also while there they had some of the Perdue Oven Ready Whole Seasoned Roaster Chickens in stock and couldn't pass up grabbing one. So dinner went from a Pork Tenderloin Roast to a Perdue Oven Ready Whole Seasoned Roaster Chicken. For dinner I prepared a Perdue Oven Ready Whole Seasoned Roaster Chicken w/ Potato Pancakes, Cut Green Beans, and Baked Harvest Grain Bread.
I had tried the Perdue Oven Ready Whole Seasoned Roaster Chicken once before, it's tough finding these though. Kroger is the only one that I have found that carries them, and there's only one Kroger at that has them from time to time. These are great, a real easy way to prepare a Whole Roasted Chicken. To prepare it preheat the oven to 400ºF. Cut open the outer bag and remove roaster, sealed in cooking bag. Place it in a shallow roasting pan, breast side up.Cut open outer bag and remove roaster, sealed in cooking bag. Place it in a shallow roasting pan, breast side up. Cut one small 1" slit in cooking bag over the breast to vent during cooking. Place pan with roaster (still in cooking bag) on lower shelf of oven and roast for approximately 90-115 minutes, until internal temperature of the breast reaches 180ºF. Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes. Cut open cooking bag (use care to avoid hot steam and juices) and transfer roaster to serving plate or cutting board. Remove string from legs before carving. Remaining juices in bag can be used for a delicious seasoned gravy. The full instructions are at the end of the post. It can't get much easier! Little mess to clean up and one mouth - watering delicious Roasted Chicken! Tender, moist, well seasoned, and browns up perfect. Huge Chicken (see the picture), plenty of great leftovers for lunch also!
For sides I heated up a can of Walmart Brand Cut Green Beans, a bit cheaper price wise than Del Monte and same taste. Also I had some of the Manischewitz Potato Pancake Mix leftover from the other night so I prepared some more of the Potato Pancakes. Then, while at Kroger this morning, I picked up a Petite Loaf of Kroger Private Selection Harvest Grain Bread that I baked. Another good choice meal for a cool Autumn Day! For dessert later a Healthy Choice Vanilla Bean Frozen Yogurt.
PERDUE® OVEN READY Whole Seasoned Roaster
No prep work
Deliciously seasoned
Cooks perfectly in bag
Easy clean-up
6-8 servings
INGREDIENTS
*Ingredients: Chicken, water, salt, potassium and sodium phosphates, brown sugar, dextrose, carrageenan, yeast extract, maltodextrin, natural flavor.
*Seasoning Ingredients: Dextrose, modified food starch, onion, maltodextrin, natural flavor, garlic, cottonseed oil, dried carrot, xanthan gum, dried parsley, calcium chloride, potassium chloride, carrageenan
FEATURES & BENEFITS
Perfectly seasoned, juicy and convenient. Perdue's Oven Ready Roaster cooking bag saves time on traditional roasting and makes cleanup a snap.
PRODUCT HANDLING
Keep refrigerated or frozen. Thaw in refrigerator or microwave. Cook thoroughly. If breast temperature is below 180ºF, return to oven and continue cooking, checking the temperature every 10 minutes until the temperature reaches 180ºF.
COOKING AND PREP
• Preheat oven to 400ºF. Cut open outer bag and remove roaster, sealed in cooking bag. Place in a shallow roasting pan, breast side up.Cut open outer bag and remove roaster, sealed in cooking bag. Place in a shallow roasting pan, breast side up.
• Cut one small 1" slit in cooking bag over the breast to vent during cooking. Note: Cooking bag will expand during cooking; allow enough room for the bag to expand without touching oven rack or walls.
• To Cook from Fresh (Preferred): Place pan with roaster (still in cooking bag) on lower shelf of oven and roast for approximately 90-115 minutes, until internal temperature of the breast reaches 180ºF.
• To Cook from Frozen: Place pan with roaster (still in cooking bag) on lower shelf of oven and roast for approximately 2 3/4 - 3 hours until internal temperature of the breast reaches 180ºF.
• Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes. Cut open cooking bag (use care to avoid hot steam and juices) and transfer roaster to serving plate or cutting board. Remove string from legs before carving. Remaining juices in bag can be used for a delicious seasoned gravy.
Nutrition:
Serving Size 4oz (112g)
Servings Per Container about 20
Amount Per Serving (* % of Daily Value)
Calories 210
Calories from Fat 140
Total Fat 15g (23%)
Saturated Fat 4.5g (23%)
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 70mg (23%)
Sodium 360mg (15%)
Total Carbohydrate 0g (0%)
Dietary Fiber 0g (0%)
Sugars 0g
Protein 16g
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