Thursday, November 11, 2010

FFWD: Roast Chicken for Les Paresseux


This week I roasted a chicken and it was easy. Because it was designed for lazy people (les paresseux).  There is a secret to this chicken; you can't see it in my pictures, but it's there and it's the real star of this dish. For me, anyway. Before you add the chicken, you put some bread on the bottom of the pan for the bird to rest on. The result will blow your mind. I've never tasted the essence of chicken before. I've never tasted anything so rich and so intensely chicken in my life. This is huge, really. It changed the way I will cook chicken from now on. There will always be bread underneath. I used a halved baguette and it was so caramelized at the end of the cooking time that I thought it was burned. But not quite, because it was so delicious I almost forgot to eat the rest of the meal. Oh yes, and the chicken was delicious as well, as were the vegetables that got basted and roasted in all the chicken fat.


This was another surprise and another gift from Dorie. Thank you so much for sharing this little secret. I'll never look at a chicken the same way again. Be sure to see what everyone else decided to cook this week over at French Fridays with Dorie.

8 comments:

  1. I adored the bread too - who knew that bread could taste like that? Great job.

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  2. My bread didn't turn out like that..I am sure next time it will be better though. Yours looks fantastic!

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  3. The bread was the best part! I loved the chicken too, but that bread thing had it going ON!! Your chicken looks awesome!

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  4. Did you do Dorie's suggestion with the liver on the bread? For me that was making a great thing even greater. I'm with you. This is the way I will do chicken now.
    Trevor Sis. Boom.

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  5. First time I made this, my bread didn't turn out...I'm looking forward to cooking it again with thicker bread! I want that bread!!!

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  6. Your chicken looks yummy! I loved the chicken but not the bread, even with the liver and the garlic. Maybe I need to try again. :)

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  7. OK. Now I really, really, really want the bread to get crispy. And liver? But of course.
    You rave so much about the bread, that all I can envision is a baguette sliced in half and caramelized to perfection with the essence of chicken. Bad girl!
    I am yet to make this dish. What if my bread turns out soggy(shudder)?

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  8. well alright then, bread it is... soaked in chicken juice- i can taste it now...

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