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Prep time
30 minutes
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Cook time
50 minutes
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Serves
6 to 8
Author Notes
Reprinted from Nothing Fancy. Copyright © 2019 by Alison Roman. Photographs copyright © 2019 by Michael Graydon and Nikole Herriott Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC. —Alison Roman
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Ingredients
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4 pounds
bone-in, skin-on chicken (legs, thighs, breasts, and/or wings all work)
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Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
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1/2 cup
light brown sugar
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1/2 cup
unseasoned rice wine vinegar
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1/2 cup
sambal or other chile paste
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1/4 cup
fish sauce
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1/4 cup
fresh lime juice
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2 teaspoons
crushed red pepper flakes
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2
garlic cloves, finely grated
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1/2
pineapple, peeled and cored, cut into 1 1/2–inch spears or wedges
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1
shallot or 4 scallions, thinly sliced
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1 cup
fresh cilantro, tender leaves and stems, coarsely chopped
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1 tablespoon
toasted sesame seeds
Directions
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Season the chicken with salt and pepper and place in a large resealable plastic bag or large baking dish.
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Combine the brown sugar, vinegar, sambal, fish sauce, lime juice, crushed red pepper flakes, and garlic in a medium bowl, whisking to dissolve the sugar. Pour over the chicken, massaging to make sure everything gets equal love. Seal the plastic bag or wrap the baking dish and let sit at least 30 minutes, refrigerated.
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Preheat the oven to 425°F. Place the chicken and pineapple on a rimmed baking sheet (for easier clean-up, line with foil or parchment). Drizzle the remaining marinade over everything and place in oven.
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Roast until the chicken is deeply browned, caramelized, and cooked through (if you have a pastry or BBQ brush, feel free to baste the chicken and pineapple periodically with the rendered chicken fat juices), 50 to 60 minutes. By this time, the pineapple will also be impossibly golden and juicy, giving up all the goods, which makes for a delicious, sticky sauce.
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Remove from the oven and transfer to a serving platter, carving up the chicken and slicing the pineapple for easier serving, if you like. Scatter with the shallot, cilantro, and sesame before serving.
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Do Ahead: Chicken can be marinated 24 hours in advance.
Alison Roman is a cook, writer and author of the bestselling cookbook "Dining In," published by Clarkson Potter in Fall 2017. Her second cookbook "Nothing Fancy," is now available. She is a bi-weekly columnist for the New York Times Cooking section, as well as a monthly contributor to Bon Appétit Magazine. Originally from Los Angeles, she lives in Brooklyn until she decides to move upstate like everyone else.
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