Moroccan Roasted Pomegranate Chicken

"Nice weeknight dinner for the family."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 20mins
Ingredients:
9
Yields:
1 chicken
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Remove and discard giblets, and neck from chicken, and lift wing tips up over back and tuck under chicken.
  • Sprinkle 3/4 teaspoon salt over chicken, and place chicken, breast side up on rack of roasting pan coated with cooking spray.
  • Place rack in pan, and bake 450 degrees for 45 minutes or until a thermometer inserted into meaty part of thighs reaches 165 degrees.
  • Remove chicken, and rack from pan and let stand 10 minutes.
  • Remove skin from dark meat, and discard.
  • Remove seeds from pomegrante, set 1 tablespoon seeds aside.
  • Place remaining seeds in a blender, pulse to crush.
  • Strain mixture through a sieveover a bowl, to yield 1/4 cup juice, discard solids.
  • Place roastin pan over medium heat, add wine to drippings in pan, scraping pan to loosen browned bits.
  • Pour mixture into medium saucepan, stir in pomegranate juice, sugar, cinnamon, pepper, and garlic, and bring to a boil.
  • Cook 16 minutes or until reduced to 1/3 cup.
  • Remove from heat, and stir in lemon juice, and remaining salt.
  • Serve sdauce with chicken, and sprinkle with remaining seeds.

Questions & Replies

  1. Why would anyone go to the trouble of making pomegranate juice when it's readily available in supermarkets ??
     
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Reviews

  1. This is really delicious. The sauce came out a lovely brown color and was not too sweet. The only thing I would caution is that if you wind up with too much fat in the drippings, you may want to drain some of that off before adding the wine. Made for PRMR in Cooking Games with Friends forum.
     
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<p>Hello everyone, My name is Doug and I am the host of I recommend tag.I am in my early 40's, I am married, with two children. Michael 14, and katherine 10 . I started to learn to cook, after I got married, when my wife started working nights, and I couldn't get around because I had my entire left leg rebuilt. I just completed remodeling my entire house, and am very active at volunteering at my childrens schools.<br />Rating System <br />5 stars- Outstanding (4 out 4 ) in family enjoyed. <br />4 stars - Very good (3 out of 4) in family enjoyed. Will make no adjustments. <br />3 stars - good, might consider an adjustment <br />2 stars- Okay- will make adjustment <br />1 star- debatable I will make again, would with right adjustment <br />0 stars - Will not attempt again.</p>
 
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