Million Dollar Chicken

Name: Million Dollar Chicken
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon Aleppo pepper; 1 bay leaf; 237 milliliters creme fraiche; 1 bunch fresh thyme; 1 serving salt and ground black pepper to taste; 1 lemon, halved; 1 serving lemon juice, or to taste; 1 teaspoon lemon zest; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 Tbsp peeled and grated shallot; 3 slices thick slices day-old sourdough French bread; 2 kgs whole chicken

Million Dollar Chicken might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 1 servings with 3282 calories, 212g of protein, and 211g of fat each. This recipe covers 71% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of lemon zest, chicken, lemon, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).

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Oven

Season inside of chicken cavity and the back generously with salt and black pepper. Squeeze lemon halves into cavity and drop squeezed peels inside. Stuff cavity with garlic cloves and fresh thyme; add a bay leaf to cavity.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Garlic Cloves

Fresh Thyme

Bay Leaves

Whole Chicken

Lemon

Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil into a heavy roasting pan.

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Olive Oil

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Roasting Pan

Place sourdough slices into pan and press slices lightly into olive oil to help coat bottom of bread.

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Olive Oil

Bread

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Frying Pan

Drizzle 1 more tablespoon olive oil on top of bread slices.

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Olive Oil

Bread

Place chicken on top of bread slices and tie legs together with kitchen twine.

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Whole Chicken

Bread

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Kitchen Twine

Brush outside of chicken with 1 tablespoon olive oil and season entire outside with salt.

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Olive Oil

Whole Chicken

Salt

Bake chicken in the preheated oven for 1 hour.

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Whole Chicken

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Oven

Mix creme fraiche, grated shallot, and Aleppo pepper together in a small bowl. Stir 2 tablespoons lemon juice and lemon zest into sauce. Refrigerate until needed.

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Aleppo Pepper

Creme Fraiche

Lemon Juice

Lemon Zest

Shallot

Sauce

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Bowl

Lift chicken off bread slices using a tongs and flip the bread slices over (they will be very brown).

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Whole Chicken

Bread

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Tongs

Place chicken back onto the bread slices. Generously brush the outside of the chicken with creme fraiche sauce, putting enough on to drip down onto bread slices.

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Creme Fraiche

Whole Chicken

Bread

Sauce

Return chicken to oven and bake for 10 more minutes to brown the glaze. Repeat, brushing more creme fraiche sauce generously onto the chicken. More is more.

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Creme Fraiche

Whole Chicken

Sauce

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Oven

Bake 10 more minutes.

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Oven

Remove chicken from oven and let stand for 10 minutes. An instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a thigh, not touching bone, should read 165 degrees F (75 degrees C).

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Meat

Bone

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Kitchen Thermometer

Oven

Pour remaining creme fraiche glaze into a small skillet, place over medium heat, and bring to a boil. Stir constantly, cooking until the shallot is cooked and sauce reduces slightly, 1 or 2 minutes. Turn off heat.

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Creme Fraiche

Shallot

Sauce

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Frying Pan

Transfer chicken to a cutting board and cut bread pieces in half crosswise.

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Whole Chicken

Bread

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Cutting Board