Roast Chicken with Fruit

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