Salt-Roasted Chicken – Tastes Similar Chicken

There's no mystery why “Chicken” is 1 of the most pop recipe searches ever. Everyone loves chicken, but it’s slow to become tired of, in addition to thus we're ever on the sentry for novel things to try. 

The occupation is nosotros become in addition to thus tied upwards inwards adding things, that nosotros forget how amazing roast chicken tin last when nosotros accept things away…like everything, except a rattling generous dusting of kosher salt. 

When you lot prep a chicken similar this, in addition to roast it inwards a rattling hot oven, the aeroplane has no alternative but to produce in addition to crisp upwards inwards its ain juices, which results inwards rattling moist, flavorful meat. Thomas Keller, who helped popularize this minimalist method, argues that cooking the thighs/legs every bit rapidly every bit possible inwards a rattling hot oven prevents the breasts from drying out, in addition to I tend to agree. 

Of course, no affair how juicy in addition to chickeny your chicken tastes, it tin exclusively become meliorate garnished alongside a footling spoonful of thyme butter sauce. I wanted to remind everyone how uncomplicated it is to brand these quick, butter-based pan sauces. If you lot know how to brand one, you lot know how to brand a thousand. 

The of import thing to recall is that whatever fourth dimension there’s a pan sitting roughly crusted alongside caramelized meat drippings, you’re ever exclusively 3 minutes away from a world-class sauce. I promise you lot hand this a endeavor soon. Enjoy!

Ingredients for 4 portions:

1 big chicken, nearly 3 1/2 to 4 pounds

lots of kosher tabular array salt (coat the entire surface of the bird, within in addition to out, alongside the salt, beingness extra generous on the breasts)

– Roast at 450 F. for 50-60 minutes

For the sauce:

1 tbsp thyme leaves

1 lemon, juiced

1/3 loving cup chicken broth (plus all extra juices from rested chicken plate)

2 tbsp mutual frigidity butter cutting inwards 4 pieces

salt in addition to pepper to gustation

cayenne, to gustation

(Note: I’m totally guessing at measurements here, since you lot variety of merely splash materials in. Use the force.)