Holiday Roast Chicken With Stuffing

Ingredients

• 1 Perdue® Tender Ready® Whole Young Chicken with Giblets
• 1 1/2 sticks butter
• 1 tbsp. poultry seasoning
• 2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. black pepper
• 6 sprigs fresh herbs
• such as thyme
• parsley
• rosemary
• and sage
• 1 head garlic
• halved
• 2-3 cups chicken stock
• 2 cups chopped leeks
• 2 cups celery
• diced
• 3 apples
• such as Fuji
• Gala or McIntosh
• diced into ½ -inch chunks
• 1 cup apple cider
• 12 cups day-old challah
• brioche or other egg bread diced into 1-inch cubes
• 1 cup roughly chopped toasted walnuts
• 1/4 cup parsley
• chopped