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Rub salt on skin of the chicken and the inside and let it rest for 2 hours.
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Pat dry any moisture.
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Combine 1 cup of mochi sticky rice, finely chopped carrots, dried shitake mushroom, dried shrimp, the juice from the rehydrated shiitake mushrooms and all the seasoning ingredients and cook with a bit less water than usual.
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Stuff the cooked rice into the chicken, close it with toothpicks, and tie the legs with a twine.
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(Tying is optional) Brush the chicken with olive oil.
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Place the chicken on a baking sheet breast-side up, and put the vegetables around.
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Roast in a preheated 230C oven for 80 minutes.
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Baste the chicken occasionally with the pan juices from the vegetables!
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After 30 minutes, pour consomme soup stock over the chicken to make crispy skin!
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Baste the chicken with pan juices will give a shine to the chicken.
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It will be more delicious if you use 7:3 sticky rice: regular rice ratio for the seasoned rice.
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Wiping the chicken's moisture off with white wine will eliminate any odor that chicken has.
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To check whether chicken is cooked perfectly, check for a crispy golden brown skin, the chicken pushes back when you poke it, and it will release a clear juice when you insert a skewer.
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You can preheat the oven to 250C and lower to 230C to roast the chicken (since the oven temperature lowers when you put the chicken in).
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Looks pretty with a ribbon.
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I recommend roasting apples with it too!