Skillet-Roasted Chicken and Stuffing

There are no words to describe this meal,

it is the best chicken dish I have ever made, the hubs and I loved it.

 

Here's the recipe...

 

Ingredients

• 1 (4-pound) whole chicken
• 6 tablespoons butter (divided)
• 2 tablespoons minced minced fresh sage
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh thyme
• Salt and pepper
• 1 large sweet onion, diced
• 2 celery ribs, minced
• 7 ounces Italian Bread, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (6 cups)
• 1/3 cup chicken broth

Instructions 

1. Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 375 degrees. Pat chicken dry with paper towels. Melt 4 tablespoons butter in small bowl in microwave, about 45 seconds. Stir in 1 tablespoon sage, 1 tablespoon thyme, 1 teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon pepper. Brush chicken with herb butter.

2. Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in 12-inch oven safe skillet over medium heat. Add onions, celery, ½ ­teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon pepper and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add remaining 1 tablespoon sage and remaining 1 tablespoon thyme and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Off heat, place chicken, breast side up, on top of vegetables. Arrange bread cubes around chicken in bottom of skillet.

3. Transfer skillet to oven and roast until breasts register 160 degrees and thighs register 175 degrees, about 1 hour, rotating skillet halfway through roasting.

4. Carefully transfer chicken to plate and tent loosely with aluminum foil. Holding skillet handle with potholder (handle will be hot), stir bread and vegetables to combine, cover, and let stand for 10 minutes.

5. Add broth and any accumulated chicken juice from plate and cavity to skillet and stir to combine. Warm stuffing, uncovered, over low heat until heated through, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat, cover, and let sit while carving chicken. Transfer chicken to carving board, carve, and serve with stuffing.

Now the best part, pictures.

You must have known there would be pictures!

 

 Onion and Celery

 Saute`ed just until the onions are translucent.

 Lay the chicken, slathered with all that herbed butter,

right on top of the onions and celery.

 Stuff the cut up bread around it, that's it.
In to the oven it goes, 375 degrees for an hour.

  It comes out lookin' like this.

Hello, Mr. Chicken...

here's the stuffing all finished off...yum.

I made mashed potatoes to go with it.

 

This is comfort food at it's finest, make it.
It was so easy, you will not be disappointed.