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Herb-Brined Roast Chicken with Green Beans

Name: Herb-Brined Roast Chicken with Green Beans
Total time: 10 h 13 min
Yield: 4 servings from one chicken
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 Spanish onion, thinly sliced; 1 carrot, thinly sliced; 4 cloves garlic, crushed; 45 g kosher salt; 1 tbsp canola oil; 425 ml water; 1 lemon, halved; 2 bunches thyme; 1 sprig rosemary (a long branch); 1 leaf bay leaf; 1 tbsp black peppercorns, toasted and coarsely cracked; 15 g granulated sugar; 425 g ice; 1 chicken (1.4–1.8 kg); 450 g green beans, stem ends trimmed; salt for the blanching water, about 50 g per litre, to taste; 30 g unsalted butter; ½ lemon; 2 tbsp Dijon mustard

A chicken soaked overnight in a small, concentrated aromatic brine (a quick vegetable stock salted and chilled with ice) then roasted hot, served with green beans boiled in heavily salted water and finished with butter and lemon.

Yield4 servings from one chicken
Hands-on50 min
Total10 h 13 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Brine

1Spanish onion, thinly sliced
1carrot, thinly sliced
4 clovesgarlic, crushed
45 gkosher salt
1 tbspcanola oil
425 mlwater
1lemon, halved
2 bunchesthyme
1 sprigrosemary (a long branch)
1 leafbay leaf
1 tbspblack peppercorns, toasted and coarsely cracked
15 ggranulated sugar
425 gice

Chicken

1chicken (1.4–1.8 kg)

Green beans

450 ggreen beans, stem ends trimmed
to tastesalt for the blanching water, about 50 g per litre
30 gunsalted butter
½lemon

To serve

2 tbspDijon mustardoptional

Contains

Dairy
Mustard
Sulfites
Legumes (any)
Common beans (kidney, black, pinto, navy...)
Grapes
Citrus fruits (any)
Lemon
Onion family (any)
Onion
Garlic
Cabbage family (any)
Carrot
Thyme
Rosemary
Bay leaf
Black and white pepper
Poultry and birds (any)
Chicken
Alcohol

Taste

Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Texture

Crisp

Equipment

Oven
Stovetop
Kitchen scale

Season

Summer

Occasion

Weeknight

Effort

45–90 min active
Over 3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Needs advance prep

Nutrition

Calories: high
Protein: high
Carbs: low
Fat: high
Fiber: moderate
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: moderate

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