Recipe for Roasted Pecan Chicken 
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Yield:
4 Servings
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
CHEESE SPREAD ----------------
3/4 cup Pecans, chopped
2 oz Creamy Goat Cheese
1 sm Clove Garlic, chopped
2 tbl Olive Oil
1/2 tsp Lemon Juice
Pepper
----------------- ROAST CHICKEN ----------------
1/2 lb Whole Broiler/Fryer Chicken
1 med Onion, sliced
1 x Lemon, sliced
2/3 cup Dry White Wine
2/3 cup Chicken Broth
----------------- GRAVY ----------------
2/3 cup Chicken Broth
1 tbl Cornstarch
Instructions:
Instructions: Cheese Spread: In a food processor combine pecans, goat cheese, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and pepper to taste. Process utnil mixture forms a paste. Roast Chicken: Preheat oven to 400degF. Carefully loosen skin on chicen breast by gently working fingers under the skin starting from both the neck and body cavity ends. Be careful not to pierce or tear the skin.

Spread cheese mixture in an even layer in chicken breast underneath the skin. Pull skin back ove cheese layer and secure with wooden picks. Tie chicken legs together. Arrange chicken in a 13x9x2" baking pan on a bed of onion and lemon slices. Add wine and 2/3 cup broth. Roast, uncovered, at 400degF for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours until thermometer inserted between leg and thigh registers 180degF. Baste occasionally with pan juices during baking.

If necessary, tent with foil toward end of cooking to prevent overbrowning.

Remove chicken from pan and keep warm. Strain pan juices, discarding lemon and onion slices. Skim fat from pan juices.

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