Chicken Galantine

[mneeley490]

Good thing plagiarism isn't a thing on this board. tallbm's smoked turkey galantine reminded me that this is something I've had in the back of mind for a long time. No smoke on this one, it went into the oven so I can get sort of a baseline on how it needs to be done.
Bought 2 chickens at $.79 lb and did both with basic Stovetop stuffing mix. One was seasoned with regular poultry seasoning, and the other with Trader Joe's All Purpose seasoning.
Used the same Jacques Pepin video to learn the deboning technique, but it took me about 30 minutes to do the first bird, about 15 with the other, as I kept checking the video. The little wing lollipops were just a bonus.

And the hors d'oeuvres:

Some sliced pics later....

 

[chilerelleno]

Great job Mike, they look tasty, betting they were.
Like!

 

[Scott Eisenbraun]

Knife skills! Great job.

 

[chopsaw]

Very nice . That's a great video .

 

[mneeley490]

Very nice . That's a great video .

It is.

So here's the sliced and plated pics. Just wish the camera and lighting weren't so sucky. The pics really don't justify it. (And my sloppy plating wouldn't win any awards, either.)

 

[mneeley490]

The chicken was very moist and flavorful; the stuffing was purposefully pretty dry when it went in, but soaked up a lot of the juices, so it came out, let's say, not dry. That might be alleviated by placing it on the grill rack above a pan when I try this again on the Weber.
All in all, it was a fun experiment and I will definitely be trying it again.

 

[chopsaw]

I think it looks great . Wanting to try it myself . Nice work .