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For the chicken: give it a quick rinse inside and out then pat dry with some kitchen paper
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Take the onion and shove it up into the cavity as far as it will go
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Sprinkle the bird with the seasoning all over, then drizzle on the oil and rub it well into the skin
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Make the stuffing: put all of the ingredients into a food processor and pulse until all combined or rub the bread into breadcrumbs and finely chop the onion before mixing in the seasoning and butter
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Push the stuffing into the cavity of the chicken
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Put the chicken, breast down, into a roasting tin and place in the middle of a hot oven 200 degrees C gas mark 6 initially for 30 minutes
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Take each thick sausage and twist in the middle.
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Then, using a kitchen scissors, snip into two equal halves.
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Wrap each sausage half in a strip of bacon and either secure with a cocktail stick or place in dish with the bacon join on the underside
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After 30 minutes turn the oven to 180 degrees C and turn the chicken onto its back with breast uppermost and cook the chicken for 15 minutes per pound (so for my 4lb bird that's another hour)
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Put the pan of sausages in for the last 45 minutes - near the top of the oven
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You should now have a lovely moist, perfectly cooked chicken with flavorful stuffing and fat sticky pigs in blankets