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Roast Chicken with Fines Herbes Pan Sauce

A heavily salted, trussed chicken roasted hot in a skillet, then a sauce built in the same pan by twice reducing wine and water over the stuck skin and juices, thickened with beurre manié and finished with fines herbes.

  • Yield4 servings from one chicken
  • Hands-on55 min
  • Total2 h 12 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Chicken

  • 1roasting chicken (1.4–1.8 kg), neck kept, liver removed
  • 1 tbspkosher salt

Sauce

  • 15 gunsalted butter, softened
  • 1 tbspall-purpose flour
  • 1 tbspfines herbes (parsley, tarragon, chervil, chives), finely chopped, stems reserved
  • 1medium yellow onion, thinly sliced
  • 1large carrot, thinly sliced
  • 240 mldry white wine
  • 480 mlwater, hot, used in two additions
  • 2 tspshallot, minced
  • 1 tspcanola oil, for the shallot

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Sulfites
  • Wheat
  • Grapes
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Shallot
  • Chives
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Carrot
  • Basil
  • Oregano
  • Thyme
  • Rosemary
  • Sage
  • Marjoram
  • Parsley
  • Dill
  • Tarragon
  • Savory
  • Poultry and birds (any)
  • Chicken
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Alcohol

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Texture

  • Crisp

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Leftovers-friendly

Nutrition

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

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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