Rosemary Roasted Chicken Thighs With Butternut Baked Penne Recipes

ROASTED CHICKEN WITH ROSEMARY

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, melt butter; stir in the seasonings and garlic. Place chicken breast side up on a rack in a shallow roasting pan; tie drumsticks together with kitchen string. Spoon half of the butter mixture over chicken. Place the potatoes, carrots and onions around chicken. Drizzle remaining butter mixture over vegetables. , Bake at 350° for 1-1/2 hours. Baste with cooking juices; bake 30-60 minutes longer, basting occasionally, until a thermometer inserted in thickest part of thigh reads 170°-175°. (Cover loosely with foil if chicken browns too quickly.), Let stand 10-15 minutes, tented with foil if necessary, before carving. Serve with vegetables.

ONE PAN ROASTED CHICKEN THIGHS WITH BUTTERNUT SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F/ 200C, having the rack in the middle.
• In a large bowl, add chicken thighs and cubed butternut. Add olive oil, paprika, fresh, thyme and salt and pepper and give them a good toss, maing sure that the olive oil and condiments mix is evenly distributed on the chicken and butternut.
• Place the whole mixture into a large oven proof pan or baking sheet and place the in oven.
• Roast in the oven for almost 50 minutes, until chicken is dark golden with cripsy skin and butternut is soft. Remove from oven and allow to cool down for a couple of minutes before serving.

BAKED CHICKEN THIGHS WITH CHARRED CARROTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Season chicken thighs all over with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Place skin-side down in a roasting pan and cover tightly with foil. Bake for 45 minutes. Remove foil, turn chicken pieces skin-side up and bake for 1 hour.
• When ready to serve, broil chicken thighs for 10 to 15 minutes, until dark brown and crisp. Meanwhile, heat a cast-iron skillet over very high heat. Add carrots, cover and cook for 10 minutes, uncovering and stirring frequently, until charred and softened. Transfer to a serving bowl and toss with parsley and butter; season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Heat demi-glace sauce to a simmer. Serve chicken and carrots, drizzled with sauce.

GARLIC ROSEMARY ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450ºF.
• Remove and discard giblets and neck from chicken.
• Rinse chicken under cold water; pat dry.
• Trim excess fat.
• Starting at neck cavity, loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers and gently pushing fingers between skin and meat.
• Place rosemary and crushed garlic beneath skin of breast and drumsticks.
• Lift wing tips up and over back; tuck under chicken.
• Place chicken, breast side up, on a broiler pan.
• Cut a thin slice from end of each onion.
• Remove white papery skins from garlic heads (do not peel or separate cloves).
• Cut tops off garlic heads, leaving root end intact.
• Insert meat thermometer into meaty part of thigh, making sure not to touch bone.
• Bake at 450ºF for 30 minutes.
• Brush onions and garlic heads with olive oil.
• Arrange onions and garlic heads around chicken.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350ºF, bake an additional 1 hour 15 minutes or until meat thermometer registers 180ºF.
• Cover chicken loosely with foil; let stand 10 minutes.
• Discard skin from chicken.
• Squeeze roasted heads of garlic to extract pulp; serve as a spread on French bread, if desired.