ROASTED SPATCHCOCK CHICKEN
When you have a famous chef for a dad, you learn how to enjoy good food early on - and if you're Madeline and Anna Zakarian, you learn how to cook it, too. The daughters of Geoffrey Zakarian have been in training for years, helping with family dinners and assisting Dad with cooking demos at press events, on Good Morning America and on his Food Network show The Kitchen. Now the 13- and 11-year-old girls are releasing their first cookbook, The Family That Cooks Together, a collection of 85 recipes that they love making at home. Don't expect chicken fingers: These young chefs have grown up learning to appreciate dishes like linguine with fresh clams and strawberry soufflé. Anna promises that they're not trying to intimidate anyone; the idea is to show kids that fancy-sounding food can be really easy to make. For this spatchcock chicken, they use a dad-approved shortcut and get the chicken split open at the butcher. Then they just roast it and serve it with rice for a quick dinner. "We want to show people of all ages that you can cook delicious things," Madeline says.
Provided by Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 1h
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400˚ F. Rinse the chicken, pat dry and rub all over with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Generously season on both sides with salt and pepper.
- Heat a large cast-iron or other ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil. When the oil is hot, place the chicken, skin side down, in the pan. Cook until the skin starts to crisp on the edges and the color is golden brown. Flip the chicken over with tongs, taking care not to splatter oil toward yourself, and add the garlic, rosemary and thyme around the chicken in the pan. Squeeze a lemon half over the top and place both lemon halves in the pan, cut sides down.
- Transfer the pan to the oven and roast the chicken (skin side up) for 30 to 35 minutes, until a meat thermometer registers 155˚ F when inserted in the thickest part of a breast. Let rest for about 10 minutes, then carve and serve with pan juices.
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Pete Buttigieg
[email protected]This recipe is a keeper! I've made it several times now and it's always a hit. The chicken is moist and flavorful, and the skin is crispy. I love that it's a one-pan meal, so cleanup is a breeze.
Dianacharlene Gericke
[email protected]This recipe is a keeper! I've made it several times now and it's always a hit. The chicken is moist and flavorful, and the skin is crispy. I love that it's a one-pan meal, so cleanup is a breeze.
Jeremy Hernandez
[email protected]This recipe is a keeper! I've made it several times now and it's always a hit. The chicken is moist and flavorful, and the skin is crispy. I love that it's a one-pan meal, so cleanup is a breeze.
Kenneth Mahlaba
[email protected]This recipe is a keeper! I've made it several times now and it's always a hit. The chicken is moist and flavorful, and the skin is crispy. I love that it's a one-pan meal, so cleanup is a breeze.
Shazia Sajid
[email protected]This recipe is a keeper! I've made it several times now and it's always a hit. The chicken is moist and flavorful, and the skin is crispy. I love that it's a one-pan meal, so cleanup is a breeze.
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[email protected]This recipe is a keeper! I've made it several times now and it's always a hit. The chicken is moist and flavorful, and the skin is crispy. I love that it's a one-pan meal, so cleanup is a breeze.
Waseem Hashmi
[email protected]This recipe is a keeper! I've made it several times now and it's always a hit. The chicken is moist and flavorful, and the skin is crispy. I love that it's a one-pan meal, so cleanup is a breeze.
Gary Waller
[email protected]This recipe is a keeper! I've made it several times now and it's always a hit. The chicken is moist and flavorful, and the skin is crispy. I love that it's a one-pan meal, so cleanup is a breeze.
Hamaddeela Shah
[email protected]This recipe is a keeper! I've made it several times now and it's always a hit. The chicken is moist and flavorful, and the skin is crispy. I love that it's a one-pan meal, so cleanup is a breeze.
Rohit Rosani
[email protected]This recipe is a keeper! I've made it several times now and it's always a hit. The chicken is moist and flavorful, and the skin is crispy. I love that it's a one-pan meal, so cleanup is a breeze.
Football Fan's
[email protected]This recipe is a keeper! I've made it several times now and it's always a hit. The chicken is moist and flavorful, and the skin is crispy. I love that it's a one-pan meal, so cleanup is a breeze.
Ghulam Murtza
[email protected]This recipe is a keeper! I've made it several times now and it's always a hit. The chicken is moist and flavorful, and the skin is crispy. I love that it's a one-pan meal, so cleanup is a breeze.
Sasikant Gupta
[email protected]This recipe is a keeper! I've made it several times now and it's always a hit. The chicken is moist and flavorful, and the skin is crispy. I love that it's a one-pan meal, so cleanup is a breeze.
Jameel Ahmed Bhutto
[email protected]This recipe is a keeper! I've made it several times now and it's always a hit. The chicken is moist and flavorful, and the skin is crispy. I love that it's a one-pan meal, so cleanup is a breeze.
Tamanna Akther
[email protected]I've made this recipe several times now and it's always a winner. The chicken is always juicy and flavorful, and the skin is crispy. I love that it's a one-pan meal, so cleanup is a breeze.
phumlani dlamini
[email protected]I made this recipe last night and it was a hit! My family loved it. The chicken was cooked perfectly and the vegetables were delicious.
Saaliegah Parker
[email protected]This was a great recipe! The chicken was moist and flavorful, and the skin was crispy. I will definitely be making this again.