Provencal roasted chicken with grapes
The Culinary Institute of America · 5 min video
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Ingredients
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- chicken thighs
- fennel seed
- bay leaf
- black pepper
- juniper berries
Grind fennel seed, bay leaf, black pepper and juniper berries to a fine powder in a coffee grinder or mortar and pestle; mix with salt.
- salt
Heat a cast iron pan. Pat the chicken dry and season both sides generously with the rub.
Lay the chicken skin side down without crowding the pan and cook undisturbed five to eight minutes until the skin renders very crisp.
Take the chicken out, turn it skin side up, and drain excess fat from the pan, leaving a little.
- shallots
Add the shallots and garlic cloves and toss in the fat until they take on some color.
Shallots, garlic, wine and olives
- garlic cloves
- white wine
- pisholine olives
- rosemary branches
- red grape clusters
Add the white wine, the olives and the rosemary.
Hook the rosemary skewers through the chicken and set it on top in the pan.
Rosemary skewers and grape clusters
Roast at 350 degrees about 30 minutes, until the grapes start to blister; plate with the pan sauce.