Okanagan Grape Stuffed Chicken

Ingredients

  • 1 broiling chicken, split in half
  • 1½ cups coarsely crumbled cheese crackers
  • 3 tbsp. butter or margarine
  • 1 cup BC Grapes
  • 2 tbsp. chopped onion
  • 1 egg well beaten
  • few grains pepper

Instructions

  1. Sprinkle chicken lightly with salt.
  2. Place on rack, skin side up, in shallow backing pan; dot with 2 tablespoons butter or margarine.
  3. Bake at 375 F (190 C) for 30 minutes.
  4. While chicken is baking, sauté onion in remaining butter or margarine until golden.
  5. Remove from heat.
  6. Mix onion and drippings lightly with remaining ingredients.
  7. Remove chicken from oven; turn over.
  8. Pile grape stuffing onto chicken.
  9. Remove rack from baking pan, place chicken in baking pan.
  10. Bake 45 minutes longer basting occasionally with drippings.

 

Makes 2 generous servings.

 

Special note: To serve four, double amounts of all ingredients

If you use blue grapes it will colour the chicken, but the flavour is delicious!