Roast Chicken with Pancetta and Olives

Name: Roast Chicken with Pancetta and Olives
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 kilograms chickens (about each), backbones cut out and each chicken cut into 12 pieces (see cooks note, below); 237 milliliters dry white wine; 10 garlic cloves, peeled; 24 oil-cured black olives; 59 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 1 inches thick) slices pancetta, cut into 1-inch pieces; 1 teaspoons hot red-pepper flakes; 1 Tbsp chopped rosemary; 1 Tbsp fine sea salt; 2 Tbsps chopped thyme

Roast Chicken with Pancettan and Olives might be just the main course you are searching for. One serving contains 964 calories, 74g of protein, and 69g of fat. This recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up olive oil, pancetta, garlic cloves, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the rosemary you could follow this main course with the Raspberry Brie Dessert Pizza with Rosemary and Candied Pecans as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 5 hours.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450°F with rack in middle.

Equipment you will use

Oven

Toss chicken with oil, thyme, rosemary, sea salt, red-pepper flakes, and 1 teaspoon pepper, rubbing mixture into chicken.

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Rosemary

Sea Salt

Whole Chicken

Pepper

Thyme

Cooking Oil

Arrange chicken, skin side up, in 1 layer in a 17-by 11-inch 4-sided sheet pan. Scatter garlic and pancetta on top and roast until chicken begins to brown, about 20 minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Pancetta

Whole Chicken

Garlic

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Frying Pan

Drizzle wine over chicken and roast 8 minutes more. Scatter olives over chicken and roast until skin is golden brown and chicken is cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes more.

Ingredients you will need

Whole Chicken

Olives

Wine

Let stand 10 minutes.

To cut a chicken into 12 pieces, remove wings and cut each breast half into 3 pieces, then separate drumsticks and thighs. Backbones can be used to make chicken stock.

Ingredients you will need

Chicken Stock