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Picnic Perfect Roasted Chicken

August 18, 2011
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  • Serves 3
Author Notes

With just-as-crispy skin, swap this simple roasted recipe for your go-to fried favorite. This roasted recipe is so simple, and crispy, you’ll barely notice you’ve turned the oven on at all, and you needn’t worry about standing over a pot of bubbling oil. Perfect for a weekend picnic or a Sunday supper, it makes wonderful leftover chicken salad or a great rustic club sandwich. My favorite part: The simple addition of cumin to the seasoning — a trick an old cooking buddy used when making our restaurant’s staff meals — adds just a hint of exotic flavor to the mix. —La Vita Cucinare

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Ingredients
  • 6 skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs
  • 1 pinch Kosher Salt
  • 1 pinch Freshly cracked balck pepper
  • 1 pinch Cumin
  • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 475 degrees Fahrenheit. Place a 12-inch cast-iron or heavy duty, non-stick skillet over high heat, and cook until the oil is hot but not smoking. Season both sides of the chicken generously with salt, pepper and cumin and place, skin-side down, in the skillet. Cook for two minutes, then reduce heat to medium-high. Continue cooking, rotating pan and rearranging chicken (leaving skin-side down) to evenly distribute heat, until fat renders and skin is golden brown, about 12 minutes longer.
  2. Transfer the skillet to the oven and cook an additional 13 minutes. Flip the chicken, and continue cooking until the skin is crispy and meat is cooked through, about 5 more minutes. Transfer the meat to a plate or cooling rack and let rest 5 minutes before serving.

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1 Review

essbee September 14, 2013
I found that the fat rendered and the skin was golden brown within four minutes of reducing the heat to medium-high.

Has anyone else had this experience with the timing?