Flat Roasted Chicken With Tiny Potatoes Recipes

ROASTED CHICKEN AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Allow the chicken to rest at room temperature for 30 to 60 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• In a small bowl or mini prep, mix together the butter with the rosemary, thyme, garlic, salt, and pepper. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels, then rub the chicken all over with 3 tablespoons of the herbed butter. Cook's Note: Make sure chicken is dry. Slide some of the butter underneath the breast skin. Tie the chicken legs together with kitchen string.
• In a small roasting pan, pour in the white wine and place the chicken breast side down. Roast for 15 minutes. In a medium bowl, season the potatoes with salt, and pepper and drizzle with oil to coat. Remove the roasting pan from the oven. Remove the chicken to a plate turning it breast-side up. Brush the rest of the herbed butter on top of the chicken. Add the potatoes to the bottom of the pan and place the chicken on top.
• Lower the oven temperature to 325 degrees F, and return the chicken to the oven to finish roasting until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the inner thigh, not touching the bone, reaches 160 degrees F, about 1 hour more. Once done, remove the chicken to a carving board and let rest 10 minutes before carving. Remove the potatoes to a serving bowl.
• Return the roasting pan to the stovetop over high heat. Deglaze the pan with the lemon juice, scraping up the bits stuck to the bottom of the pan.
• To serve: Place slices of chicken on plate with potatoes and drizzle the pan sauce over both.

FLAT ROASTED CHICKEN WITH TINY POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450° F.
• Using a sharp pair of kitchen shears, cut out the backbone of the chicken. If you've never done this before, flip the bird so it is breast-side-down and from the neck cavity, cut along one side of the backbone. This is going to take some muscle so be prepared. Then cut along the other side and snip off the backbone. Either discard or freeze it to use for chicken stock at a later time. If you can't bring yourself to try this - though I suggest you do! - have your butcher do this for you.
• Flatten out the chicken and sprinkle both sides liberally with salt and pepper. Lay the bird breast-side-up in the roasting pan. Nestle the potatoes around the outside of the chicken, squeezing them all into the pan and perhaps slightly underneath the chicken if need-be. Drizzle the potatoes with the butter and sprinkle them with salt and pepper.
• Roast the chicken for 40-45 minutes or until the internal temperature of the chicken (when you stick the meat thermometer into the thigh) is 165° F. It's always a good idea to check the temperature of a whole chicken no matter how long you cook it for - they can be tricky sometimes.
• Once the chicken is finished, transfer it from the pan to a carving board. Cut off the chicken pieces and arrange them with the potatoes on a large serving platter. Squeeze a bit of lemon over the chicken and sprinkle with the fresh herbs. Serve hot.