Partridge Stuffed Chicken And Gravy

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 partridge breasts
• 1 cup prepared herbed seasoned stuffing mix
• 3 -4 lbs roasting chickens
• 1/2 teaspoon sage
• 1 tablespoon butter
• salt
• pepper
• 1 tablespoon minced celery
• 1 tablespoon minced onion
• 1 whole onion
• 1 whole carrot
• 2 stalks celery
• chicken neck
• chicken giblets
• chicken heart
• 4 cups water
• 1/2 cup flour, whisked into water below
• 2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons chopped onions
• 2 tablespoons onion powder
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
• 2 wash partridge breasts and chicken.
• 3 saute minced vegetables until soft and add to dry stuffing mix.
• 4 prepare stuffing mix per packaged instructions.
• 5 stuff two breast w/ stuffing mix.
• 6 place partridge breasts inside chicken.
• 7 place chicken in roasting pan.
• 8 rub butter on chicken, sprinkle with sage and generous amounts of s& p.
• 9 roast 2 1/2- 3 hours baste often.
• 10 let stand for 20 minutes covered with foil before carving.
• 11 gravy: cook chicken parts and vegetables in water.
• 12 simmer for two hours.
• 13 save broth and discard vegetables.
• 14 cool neck and pick off meat.
• 15 chop into fine pieces.
• 16 chop giblets (discard gristle) and heart into small pieces.
• 17 add onion to broth and heat to boiling.
• 18 add onion powder and s& p.
• 19 lower heat.
• 20 whisk in gravy slurry slowly.
• 21 whisk continuously and cook over med.
• 22 low heat until thickened (10 minutes).
• 23 add chopped chicken pieces and heat.
• 24 pour gravy over portions of partrige and chicken or serve gravy over mashed potatoes as a sidedish to the chicken and partridge.