{"id":2166,"date":"2021-10-13T19:52:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T00:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/?p=2166"},"modified":"2025-03-04T13:04:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T19:04:43","slug":"braise-roasted-spatchcocked-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/13\/braise-roasted-spatchcocked-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"Braise Roasted Spatchcocked Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Servings: 4<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><br \/>\n1 (4-5 pound) whole chicken<br \/>\nSalt to taste<br \/>\n3 tablespoons olive oil<br \/>\n1 small onion, thickly sliced<br \/>\n2\u2009\u00bd cups chicken broth, or more as needed<br \/>\n4 carrots, cut into long pieces<br \/>\n2 parsnips, cut into long pieces<br \/>\n4-5 baby red potatoes, sliced into 6-8 pieces<br \/>\n3 garlic cloves, sliced<br \/>\n1 lemon, sliced<br \/>\n2 teaspoons dried or 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary<br \/>\n1 teaspoon dried or \u00bd teaspoon fresh thyme<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.<\/li>\n<li>Pat chicken dry with paper towels. Cut backbone from chicken using kitchen shears and save backbone for another use. Flip chicken, breast-side up, and forcefully press chicken down with both hands to flatten, you will hear a crack, season both sides generously with salt.<\/li>\n<li>Heat olive oil in a braiser over medium-high heat and fry the chicken, skin-side down, until golden, 6-8 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate, skin-side up.<\/li>\n<li>Cook and stir onion in oil in the same skillet until softened, 2-3 minutes. Add \u00bc cup of broth scraping the bottom of the skillet for brown bits that add flavor.<\/li>\n<li>Cook 2-4 minutes until reduced. Stir remaining chicken broth, carrots, potato, garlic, lemon, rosemary, and thyme into mixture. Place chicken, skin-side up, over the vegetables.<\/li>\n<li>Roast in the preheated oven until chicken is golden brown and crispy, about 45 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 167 degrees F. Transfer chicken and vegetables to a large platter and let rest, uncovered.<\/li>\n<li>Bring remaining broth and juices in the skillet to a boil and cook until sauce is thickened, about 10 minutes. Season sauce with salt. Serve immediately.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Servings: 4 Ingredients 1 (4-5 pound) whole chicken Salt to taste 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 small onion, thickly sliced 2\u2009\u00bd cups chicken broth, or more as needed 4 carrots, cut into long pieces 2 parsnips, cut into long pieces<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-recipes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2167,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166\/revisions\/2167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jessicatijerina.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}