Molasses-Brined Roasted Chicken Recipe | MyRecipes - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
This Molasses-Brined Roasted Chicken Recipe | MyRecipes is a PCOS-friendly recipe.
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup kosher salt
- 1/2 cup dark molasses
- 2 cups ice cubes
- 1 sweet onion, thinly sliced
- 2 fresh thyme sprigs
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 2 (4- to 5-lb.) whole chickens, cut into 4 pieces each (boneless breasts with first wing joint intact, legs whole with bone in, carcasses reserved)*
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 8 garlic cloves, unpeeled
- 2 fresh thyme sprigs
- Roasted Chicken Jus (optional)
Instructions
- Bring 4 cups water to a boil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add kosher salt and molasses. Reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 2 to 3 minutes or until salt and molasses dissolve. Transfer to a very large bowl; add ice and next 4 ingredients. Let stand, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes or until mixture cools to room temperature. Cover and chill 30 minutes to 1 hour or until cold.
- Submerge chicken in cold brine. Cover and chill 6 to 8 hours.
- Preheat oven to 400 °. Remove chicken from brine; rinse and pat dry. Sprinkle with garlic salt.
- Heat 1 Tbsp. oil in a 14-inch nonstick or cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add 4 unpeeled garlic cloves, 1 thyme sprig, and half of chicken. Cook 5 minutes or until skin is browned and crisp. (The molasses in the brine will brown the skin quickly.) Turn chicken and garlic, and cook 5 minutes or until browned. Remove chicken, and place on a wire rack in a jelly-roll pan. Wipe skillet clean. Repeat with remaining oil, chicken, garlic, and thyme.
- Bake chicken, skin side up, at 400 ° for 10 to 20 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 165 °. (Breasts will cook faster than legs, so check for doneness after 10 minutes.) Cover with foil. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with Roasted Chicken Jus, if desired.
- *8 chicken leg quarters or 8 chicken breasts, airline cut, may be substituted.
- Note: We tested with Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt.
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