America's Test Kitchen Cast Iron Baked Chicken
In this easy cooking video I bake some chicken legs in a cast iron skillet in my toaster oven.
America's test kitchen cast iron baked chicken. When heated to 450 F remove pan add butter and thyme. 1 3 12- to 4-pound whole chicken. Adjust oven rack to middle position place 12-inch oven safe skillet on rack and heat oven to 450 degrees.
You will also receive. Put a cold 12 cast iron skillet into a cold oven. But according to most sources the dish was originally intended to solve the rather pedestrian problem of preventing leftover meat from tandoorroasted chickens from drying out.
So much better than your typical oven baked chicken and on par if not better than gas or even charcoal grilled. Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 475. It gets that smokey charcoal tasted and overnight koshering definitely helps something I do when time permits.
Using a 3-12 to 4 pound chicken you split it by cutting out the backbone and removing it. Ingredients paprika 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon pepper ½ teaspoon onion powder ½ teaspoon granulated garlic 3 pounds bone-in chicken pieces 2 split breasts 2 drumsticks 2 thighs and 2 wings with wingtips discarded trimmed 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 6 sprigs fresh thyme View Nutritional. How we use your email address Americas Test Kitchen will not sell rent or disclose your email address to third parties unless otherwise notified.
Then you flip the bird and push down firmly on the breasts to break the keel bone and flatten it. Set chicken pieces in pan skin side down return to oven for 15 minutes. Transfer chicken to carving board and let rest.
Yup the cast iron was not an issue. Our Sponsors LEARN MORE Sign up for our cooking newsletter. Pat dry chicken pieces and season with spice rub.