chicken dracula

Name: Chicken Dracula
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Eastern European
Ingredients: - 4 lb roasting chicken; - 2 tbsp butter; - 1 tsp thyme leaves; - 1 tsp sweet paprika; - 2 tsp oil, sunflower oil preferred; - 1/2 tsp salt; - 1/4 tsp ground pepper; - 2 - 3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced; - 1 shallot, peeled and minced; - 1 lemon quartered *; - "mujdei sauce"; - crushed garlic cloves; - lemon juice; - salt; - water; - sunflower oil (optional); ## NOTE: THERE IS NO ACTUAL RECIPE FOR MUJDEI (MUZ'DEJ) SAUCE AND AMOUNT OF INGREDIENTS ARE TO TASTE.

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Shirley Murtagh

Winnipeg, MB

Updated on Apr 5, 2016

This chicken is awesome. I have eaten it at the Romanian Pavilion during Folk O Rama. I purchased the recipe book at their souvenier booth. Low and behold in the recipe book is the recipe for the famous "Dracula Chicken" that I would like to share with you Note from the cook of this recipe: "When served with "Mujder" (muz'dej)sauce this very simple recipe becomes the famous "Dracula Chicken". Mujder is a spicy Romanian sauce." Recipe to follow ingredients.They claim that there is no actual recipe for the Mujder sauce. None the less this recipe is really tasty.

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 1 Hr 15 Min

method Roast

yield 6 - 7 people

Ingredients

- 4 lb roasting chicken
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp thyme leaves
- 1 tsp sweet paprika
- 2 tsp oil, sunflower oil preferred
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground pepper
- 2 - 3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
- 1 shallot, peeled and minced
- 1 lemon quartered *
- "mujdei sauce"
- crushed garlic cloves
- lemon juice
- salt
- water
- sunflower oil (optional)
NOTE: THERE IS NO ACTUAL RECIPE FOR MUJDEI (MUZ'DEJ) SAUCE AND AMOUNT OF INGREDIENTS ARE TO TASTE.

How To Make chicken dracula

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 F

Step 2

Combine butter, thyme, paprika, oil, salt, pepper, minced garlic and shallot
Step 3

Rub mixture over the skin of the chicken
Step 4

Tie legs together with kitchen twine and place chicken breast side up on a rack in a roasting pan
Step 5

Put the quartered lemon inside cavity of chicken
Step 6

Roast at 350F for 1 hour
Step 7

Increase oven temperature to 450F and roast for 15 minutes longer
Step 8

Let cool for 10 minutes before carving
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