"amandaF" > wrote in message
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> Yesterday, I bought a whole chicken dressed and stuffed already
> wirhing 5.64 lbs. I asked the ugy there how mnay minutes would I need
> to bake and he said about 1 1/2 hour but go to foodnetwork.com and
> find out for sure.
>
> So today, I went to foodnetwork.com and there were a million recipes
> for bakign chicken and so I decided to just do 1 1/2 hr at 350 degree
> but only that I forgot start the timer. It was sooon after I tatked
> with a firned on the phone and so I juts guess that it's been about 45
> mins and so I timed for another 45 mins. But after 20 more minutes, I
> still see pink and so I am putting for another 15 mins. Obviously,
> initial cooked time must have been less than 45 min when I realized
> that I didn't put the timer on.
>
> So, wht temp and how mins per lb was I supposed to use for baking a
> stuffed chicken (stuffed like Turkey)?
>

You can estimate the time, but for a stuffed chicken, the only way I'd trust
the process was to use a meat thermometer. Do you own one?