Roast Chicken with Fruit and Beer Gravy
Recipe by: Luis Chikiamco
Ingredient: Serve 4 to 6
1 whole chicken (about 1.4 kilos)
5 cloves garlic, crushed
1 cup pale pilsen beer
¼ cup liquid seasoning
1 10gram sachet chicken powder
1 teaspoon dried rosemary or 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary
½ teaspoon sage
1 small apple, quartered
Procedures:
Rub chicken inside and out with a mixture of garlic, beer, liquid seasoning,
Chicken powder, rosemary and sage. Marinate for at least 1 hour
Place chicken in roasting pan, insert apple inside chest cavity of the chicken. Roast for 20 to 25 minutes per half kilo of chicken. (about 1 hour for 1 ½ kilos). Reserve drippings for gravy.
Fruit Gravy
½ cup pan drippings from roast chicken
1 cup orange juice
½ cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 cup diced ripe mangoes
Procedures:
In a small saucepan, combine pan drippings, orange juice, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes. Add diced mangoes and heat through. Serve. With roast chicken