Roast Chicken with Cracked Peppercorn Sauce

I wanted something simple to make and this was it!! Not only was it easy, it was absolutely delicious as well. Since I didn't have vermouth on hand, I sustituted sherry, which wasn't half bad. I will definately prepare this again and again and again...

I used chicken broth and a little red cooking wine instead of vermouth ( I just do not keep alcohol on hand). I also seasoned the chicken with a teaspoon each of poultry seasoning, dried rosemary, and dried parsley. The chicken turned out scrumptious. THE CRACKED PEPPERCORN SAUCE IS AWESOME! I had it over mashed potatoes and roasted asparagus.

This was delicious! As always, I adjusted the recipe according to what was in the cupboards, i.e. white wine instead of vermouth, small onion inteaad of shallots, double cream not whipping cream. but it made an average roast dinner that much more special. I also roasted the vegetables in the same dish as the chicken; the carrots tasted wonderful! I would probably increase the amounts of the sauce if I was making it again, it was so delicious 2 of us had no problem finishing it all off! (recipe for 4 people!) Thank you Denise.

Tried this recipe last night and my chicken turned out soooo moist. Every part was seasoned and full of flavor. The cream sauce was an added "palate pleasing" taste. Impressed my mother into thinking I've been taking classes. So easy to prepare. Hope others try this. Side dished mine w/homemade mashed potatoes w/hints of garlic. :-)

i wanted a peppercorn sauce to go with another dish i'd prepared. had tryed others but this one was easy to make and tasted like ones you get in the restraurants.

Well... I don't know what to say, other than I think this recipe has some potential. Vermouth must be salty, because this dish was VERY salty and VERY peppery with 1 Tablespoon of cracked peppercorns (and yes I did crack my own peppercorns). I didn't hate this, but didn't love it. The chicken was moist. I give it 2 stars because I probably won't make it again, but it was edible. Sorry, I really had high hopes for this recipe, it sounded so good.

I had never roasted a chicken before if you can believe it. This was fantastic and I have done it 3 more times since. thanks.

This turned out to be very good, but with very subtle flavor, not a big flavor. I used the usual substitutes: chardonnay wine for Vermouth, and onions for shallots. After about an hour in the oven, it was a pale chicken with A LOT of watery juice, so I poured most into a saucepan and boiled it down, while continuing to roast the chicken. It did brown up nicely. I only used a teaspoon of peppercorns, worried that they would turn off certain picky eaters in my family. I dissolved a teaspoon of flour into half and half before adding to juice -- it thickened up like gravy, which was very good.

This recipe did not work for me. The chicken itself was wonderfuly moist and tender, but the sauce was horrible. I was excited to try a peppercorn sauce but it just didn't work. I'll have to try another recipe for the sauce.

I couldn't decide if I wanted to make Spicy Rapid Roast Chicken or this - so I combined them, kind of. I used the recipe here with the directions there pretty much. :/ :D Using a 4 & a half pound chicken, I combined a 1/4t salt, 1/4t pepper & 1T olive oil & brushed that on. I put 1/4t salt & 1/4t pepper inside. Since I didn't have shallots, or the desire to go out & try to find some, I subbed 1/4c minced onion & 3 cloves minced garlic with the vermouth. 450 oven for 30 & 400 for 60. It was nicely browned & slightly crispy. Next time, I'll take it off for a bit near the end. It was too salty, too. I'll probably half the amounts I tried. To save calories (big laugh), I used half & half. It tasted good, but didn't thicken. I also didn't feel like crushing peppercorns so used coarse ground black pepper. It was fine. I don't see how a tablespoon of pepper couldn't be a typo. I thought it was 1 tsp so tried 3/4t. Although it didn't thicken for (hot) dinnner, it thickened up fine for (cold) lunch. I poured the sauce in with the chicken meat. Next day, it was quite yummy. I added some chicken salad ingredients with chopped apples. 'Put it on French bread & had a good time. :D It was worth waiting a day to have. :)