Roast Chicken with Cracked Peppercorn Sauce

22 Reviews

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 1 hr 20 min
Ready In: 1 hr 30 min

“A whole chicken is roasted, and served with a creamy peppercorn sauce. Use the bottom of a heavy skillet to crack whole peppercorns, or you may find cracked ones at the supermarket.” - by Denise

Ingredients

1 (4 pound) whole chicken
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup dry vermouth
4 shallots, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 cup whipping cream, heated until steaming
1 tablespoon cracked black peppercorns

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Original recipe yields 4 servings

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove giblets from chicken, and season inside and out with salt and pepper. Place chicken into a roasting pan with vermouth, shallots and garlic.
Cover the roasting pan, and bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or 20 minutes per pound.
Strain liquid from the roasting pan into a saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat until reduced to about 1/2 cup. Stir in heated cream, and cracked peppercorns. Cook on medium-low heat for 5 minutes until thick, but do not boil. Carve chicken, and serve with sauce.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (4 total)

Calories
785 cal
39%

Fat
51.5 g
79%

Carbs
19.3 g
6%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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mmsparkle

Jan. 21, 2007

"This was delicious! As always, I adjusted the recipe according to what was in the cupboards, i.e. white wine instead of vermouth, small onion inteaad of shallots, double cream not whipping cream. but ..." See moreit made an average roast dinner that much more special. I also roasted the vegetables in the same dish as the chicken; the carrots tasted wonderful! I would probably increase the amounts of the sauce if I was making it again, it was so delicious 2 of us had no problem finishing it all off! (recipe for 4 people!) Thank you Denise."

dcraft

Jan. 31, 2007

"I used chicken broth and a little red cooking wine instead of vermouth ( I just do not keep alcohol on hand). I also seasoned the chicken with a teaspoon each of poultry seasoning, dried rosemary, an..." See mored dried parsley. The chicken turned out scrumptious. THE CRACKED PEPPERCORN SAUCE IS AWESOME! I had it over mashed potatoes and roasted asparagus."

Beth

Jan. 28, 2004

"I wanted something simple to make and this was it!! Not only was it easy, it was absolutely delicious as well. Since I didn't have vermouth on hand, I sustituted sherry, which wasn't half bad. I wi..." See morell definately prepare this again and again and again..."

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