Roast Chicken with Mustard-Thyme Sauce and Green Salad with Olives

Name: Roast Chicken with Mustard-Thyme Sauce and Green Salad with Olives
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp all purpose flour; 1 bay leaf; 1 Tbsp butter, room temperature; 2 kilograms chicken (giblets reserved for another use); 118 milliliters coarse kosher salt; 3 Tbsps honey; 2 Tbsps fresh lemon juice; 1 Peel from lemon, cut into long strips with vegetable peeler; 473 milliliters (or more) low-salt chicken broth, divided; 4 servings Green Salad with Olives; 3 larges fresh thyme sprigs plus 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves; 2 liters water; 2 Tbsps whole grain mustard

Roast Chicken with Mustard-Thyme Sauce and Green Salad with Olives might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 98g of protein, 81g of fat, and a total of 1210 calories. This recipe covers 36% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up water, bay leaf, peel from lemon, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the honey you could follow this main course with the Honey Gingerbread as a dessert.

Instructions

Bring 10 1/2 cups water, coarse salt, honey, lemon juice, lemon peel, bay leaf, and thyme sprigs to boil in large pot. Cool slightly, then refrigerate brine until cold.

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Fresh Thyme

Coarse Salt

Lemon Juice

Lemon Peel

Bay Leaves

Brine

Honey

Water

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Pot

Place chicken in very large resealable plastic bag; add brine and seal. Refrigerate chicken 6 hours.

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Whole Chicken

Brine

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Ziploc Bags

Drain chicken from brine; rinse and pat dry.

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Whole Chicken

Brine

Place chicken on plate.

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Whole Chicken

Let stand uncovered in refrigerator at least 2 hours and up to 24 hours.

Preheat oven to 375°F.

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Oven

Place chicken on rack in roasting pan. Roast chicken 20 minutes; add 1 cup broth to roasting pan. Roast chicken 20 minutes longer; add 1 cup broth to roasting pan. Roast chicken until thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 170°F, about 45 minutes.

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Roasted Chicken