Chicken With Potato-italian Sausage Stuffing

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 medium red potatoes, cut in 1 inch cubes
• 1 lb italian sausage
• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 4 teaspoons dried parsley, divided
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
• 2 3/4 teaspoons dried thyme, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (7 lb) roasting chickens
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup water

Recipe

• 1 cook potatoes in salted water until almost tender; drain and set aside.
• 2 cook sausage until nearly done- add potato and onion and cook until sausage is browned and onion is tender.
• 3 add 2 tsp parsley, salt, rosemary, 3/4 tsp thyme and the pepper.
• 4 stuff the cleaned chicken.
• 5 place chicken in a roasting pan, brush with oil and sprinkle with remaining parsley and thyme.
• 6 salt and pepper to taste.
• 7 add water to pan.
• 8 place any remaining stuffing in a greased 1 1/2 quart baking dish, cover and refrigerate.
• 9 place chicken in a 350°f oven for 1 1/2 hours.
• 10 place baking dish of stuffing in oven.
• 11 bake chicken and stuffing for 45 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 180°f.
• 12 thicken juices for gravy if desired.