Roasted Chicken with Concord Grape Gravy, Grilled Butternut Squash, and Bacon Wrapped Green Beans
(Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort)


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Ingredients

5 lbs Whole chicken
8 ounces Butter
4 ounces Garlic (minced)
2 ounces Salt and Pepper
For Gravy
1 lb Concord grapes
Reserve liquid from roasting
8 ounces Chicken stock
12 ounces Blue huron white wine
1 ounce Salt and pepper
1 ounce Beet sugar
2 ounces Olive oil
3 ounces Roux
8 ounces Concord grape juice
1 sprig Thyme
Salt and pepper to taste
For squash
1 Whole butternut squash
2 ounces Olive oil
1 ounce Salt and pepper
For bacon wrapped green beans
1 lb Green beans
1 lb Apple wood smoked bacon
Salt and pepper to tase

Instructions

For Chicken:
Mix butter, minced garlic and salt and pepper in a mixing bowl. Preheat oven 350 degrees. Stuff the butter mixture under the skin of the chicken; be sure to get the legs and thighs. Truss chicken. Place Chicken in Roasting pan. Place in preheated oven for forty five minutes, check with meat thermometer. Remove Chicken from pan reserving warm. Drain chicken drippings and save for Gravy.

For Gravy:
Toss grapes in olive oil and salt and pepper. Place grapes on a sheet tray, place in a preheated 350 degree oven, and roast for thirty minutes. Place roasted grapes, grape juice, wine, chicken drippings, chicken stock, and sprig of thyme in a 2 quart sauce pan. Heat on medium heat till alcohol is cooked off. Remove thyme, place mixture in blender and puree till mixture is smooth. Place mixture back in a 2 quart sauce pan. Season with sugar, salt, and pepper. Thicken with roux until gravy can cover the back of spoon.

For Squash:
Heat grill on low. Cut squash in half, remove all seeds. Rub cut side of squash with olive oil, and salt and pepper. Place on grill, close grill and leave for twenty minutes. Rotate 45 degrees and leave for twenty minutes. Remove from grill.

For Green Beans:
Wash green beans. Place green beans in groups of five. Take single piece of bacon, and wrap green beans covering about 70% of the beans. Bake in oven at 375 degrees for ten minutes or till bacon is crispy.

For Assembly:
On a large serving dish, place roasted Chicken in the center. Cut butternut squash halves in half. Place on serving dish creating a diamond around the chicken. Place Bacon wrapped green beans around the squash with ends pointing out. Place gravy in a boat, and serve on the side.
 
 
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