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Pomegranate Quinoa Roast Chicken
Time: 2.5 hours | Serves: 4
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Ingredients
Stuffing:
- 2 cups quinoa
- 2 tsps cinnamon
- 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves
- 1/2 goji berries
- 2 pomegranates
- 2 tbs coconut oil (liquid)
- 4 tbs Mayver’s Original Super Spread
- 2 tbs cracked pepper
Chicken:
- 1 large uncooked chicken
- 1 pomegrante
- Coconut oil
- Rock salt
Method
- Cook the quinoa as per the instructions. Once it’s boiled leave the lid on for 10 minutes so it goes warm and fluffy
- To remove the seeds from the pomegranate, gently roll the whole pomegranate under the palm of your hand until the fruit feels a little squishy. Gently cut a small slice in the side and drain out the juice (set it aside). Cut open the whole fruit and tap it gently to remove the fruit jewels.
- Mix together all the stuffing ingredients, including the pomegranate juice to combine.
- Stuff this mixture into the inside of the chicken so that it fills it up nice and tight.
- Get your 3rd pomegranate and again, remove the juice and seeds. Lightly coat the outside of the chicken in coconut oil and a decent rubbing of salt – drizzle the pomegranate juice over the top and sprinkle the jewels around the edge of the chicken in the baking tray.
- Add 1 tbs of water to the dish and place in a preheated oven at approx. 180 degrees for approximately 1.5 – 2.5hrs, re-basting every 35minutes. Turn up your oven quite high for the last 5 minutes to get the skin nice and crispy.
- A delicious option is to add a sprinkle of sesame seeds approx. 30 minutes before it finishes cooking.