Million dollar chicken with southern style beans
Million Dollar Chicken:
Ingredient:
Whole Chicken (big bird) 4-4.5lbs
Day old (one or two day) Parisian/French style bread
Creme Fraiche
1 Shallot
2 Lemons
thyme/sage/bay leaf/rosemary (depending on your taste)
Olive oil
Butchers strings
Salt n pepper
Paprika and allepo pepper
Instructions:
1) Prep the chicken by generously salt and pepper the back and inside cavity, squeeze 1 lemon into cavity alone with lemon itself. Fill inside with herbs of your choice (I prefer thyme, bay leaf, you can use a combination of thyme, sage, bay leaf, rosemary etc).
2) Prep roasting pan with olive oil drizzled on the pan, take three-four day old french bread and place on top of olive oiled pan, then drizzle more olive oil on top of the bread, then place the chicken on top.
3) Take string and tie legs together. Brush chicken with olive oil and salt the top and side. Bake for 1 hour in 450 degree F oven.
4) Prep glaze by grading a shallot into the crème fraiche, add paprika and chilli pepper (I use an imported Indian pepper), add half of lemon juice and then some zest into the glaze. Mix it and set it aside. Wait until chicken is done.
5) After the hour is up, lift up the chicken and flip the bread over, then put the chicken back on top. GENEROUSLY coat the chicken with the glaze, roast for 10 minutes.
6) Glaze the chicken again generously with glaze mixture and coat the bread with it; Roast for another 10 min glazing.
Extra step: pour remaining crème fraiche glaze into a pan and cook for one minute and use as gravy.
The bread now is soaked with amazing the amazing sauce as well as chicken drippings, along with the chicken and the gravy it will taste fantastic.
NOW EAT IT
Note, if your local store do not have crème friache, you can make it yourself by buying 35-40% (heavy cream) cream, and mix it with one-two tablespoon of buttermilk, leave it for 18-24hrs, and placing it in your fridge after.
Try something different with this green bean recipe:
Southern Style Green Beans (slow cooked)!
Prep and cook time: 2hrs 15min
Ingredients List:
Adult green beans
Couple of slices of bacon
1 onion
Few garlic
1 tomato (or pasta sauce/tomato paste)
Chicken stock
Seasoning
Instructions:
1) throw two sliced bacon into a medium saucepan cook on medium until almost crispy. In the mean time slice a whole onion into slices. Slice it any way you see fit. However if you slice it in the same orientation as the fibers, it will not all disappear during cooking.
2) throw in your onion, deglaze the bottom with the onion for five minutes or so then throw in some minced garlic and cook for a minute.
3) throw in a chopped fresh tomato (substitute with tomato sauce or paste), give it a stir. Add in 2 lb adult, trimmed green beans. Add some chicken stock to almost same level as the green beans.
4) season it up with some salt, pepper, cayenne pepper
5) bring it to boil then turn it down to medium low after the beans have lost their rigidity. Let it simmer for 2 hours.
6) monitor liquid level and add broth/water as needed. After an hour and a half and season it for taste. Serve after 2 hours with lot of juice (for dipping).