Peppered Chicken Tuscan Style
Ingredients: 5
A delicious Tuscan-style dish featuring succulent peppered chicken with a crispy golden brown skin, served with a refreshing squeeze of lemon.
Ingredients
| 7 | lbs whole chickens, halved, backbones removed, excess fat trimmed (use 2 - 3 ½ pound chickens) |
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| 8 | tablespoons olive oil (preferably extra-virgin) |
| 2 | tablespoons fresh coarse ground black pepper |
| salt | |
| lemon wedge |
Instructions
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- Gently rub each chicken half with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and sprinkle 1 1/2 teaspoons of fresh coarse ground black pepper all over.
- Generously sprinkle the chicken halves with salt and allow them to rest at room temperature for 1 hour.
- Preheat the broiler in your oven.
- Arrange the chicken halves skin side down on a broiler pan, ensuring they are evenly spaced.
- Under close supervision to avoid burning, broil the chicken 5 to 6 inches away from the heat source until the skin turns golden brown, approximately 12 minutes.
- Remove the broiler pan from the oven and, using tongs, carefully transfer the chicken to a plate.
- Drain any excess pan drippings and return the chicken, now skin side up, to the broiler pan.
- Broil the chicken until the skin crisps and achieves a golden brown color, about 5 minutes.
- Turn the chicken over, skin side down, and continue to broil until the meat is cooked through, for an additional 8 minutes.
- Transfer the chicken to a serving platter and let it rest for 5 minutes before serving.
- Accompany the dish with lemon wedges for a tangy finish.
- Serve and enjoy!
Jul 19, 2024