fresh - Butterflied Chicken, broiled
Source of Recipe
from Burke's Bistro
List of Ingredients
fresh - Butterflied Chicken, broiled
1 1/2 teaspoons black peppercorns
4 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 lemon, zested
Extra virgin olive oil
Onions, carrots and celery cut into 3 to 4-inch pieces
3 to 4-pound broiler/fryer chicken
1 cup red wine
8 ounces chicken stock
2 to 3 sprigs thyme
Canola oil
Position the oven rack 8 inches from the flame/coil and turn broiler to
high. Crack peppercorns with a mortar and pestle until coarsely ground. Add
garlic and salt and work well. Add lemon zest and work just until you can
smell lemon. Add just enough oil to form a paste.
Check out your refrigerator for onions, carrots and celery that are a little
past their prime. Cut vegetables into pieces and place in a deep roasting
pan.
Place chicken on a plastic cutting board breast-side down. Using kitchen
shears, cut ribs down one side of back bone and then the other and remove.
Open chicken like a book and remove the keel bone separating the breast
halves by slicing through the thin membrane covering it, then by placing two
fingers underneath the bone and levering it out. Turn chicken breast-side up
and spread out like a butterfly by pressing down on the breast and pulling
the legs towards you. Loosen the skin at the neck and the edges of the
thighs. Evenly distribute the garlic mixture under the skin, saving 2
teaspoons for the jus. Drizzle the skin with oil and rub in, being sure to
cover the bird evenly. Drizzle oil on bone side of chicken as well.
Arrange bird in roasting pan, breast up, atop vegetables.
Place pan in oven being sure to leave the oven door ajar. Check bird in 10
minutes. If the skin is a dark mahogany, hold the drumstick ends with paper
towels and flip bone-side up. Cook 12 to 15 minutes or until the internal
temperature reaches 165 degrees. Juices must run clear. Remove and place
chicken into a deep bowl and cover loosely with foil.
Tilt pan so that any fat will pool at corner. Siphon this off with a bulb
baster. (This fat is great in vinaigrettes). Set pan over 2 burners set on
high. Deglaze pan with a few shots of red wine and scrape brown bits from
bottom using a carrot chunk held with tongs. Add chicken stock, thyme, the
remaining garlic paste and reduce briefly to make a jus. Strain out
vegetables and discard. Slice chicken onto plates or serve in quarters.
Sauce lightly with jus and serve.
Makes 4 - 6 servings.
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