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Idiot’s Kitchen Recipe – Buttermilk Roast Chicken Recipe from www.idiotskitchen.com Adapted from Nigella Lawson Ingredients: 1 whole chicken, approximately 4 pounds 2 cloves garlic, lightly crushed 2 Tablespoons fresh rosemary leaves, roughly chopped 2 cups buttermilk ¼ cup vegetable oil 1 Tablespoon honey 1 Tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper 12 teaspoons salt 1 Tablespoon olive oil Extra large (2 gallons at least) zipper top bag Note: This chicken must marinate overnight so plan ahead! Remove the innards or bag of giblets from the cavity of a 4pound chicken. Place the chicken on a board breast side down and find the stub of the neck bone. Use kitchen shears to cut down both sides of the backbone. Remove the backbone and open the chicken up like a book. Press gently down on the sides of the chicken to flatten it slightly. Place 2 slightly crushed cloves of garlic in an extra large zipper top bag. Strip the leaves off several stems of fresh rosemary and coarsely chop to make 2 Tablespoons. Add the rosemary to the bag and pour in 2 cups buttermilk, ¼ cup vegetable oil, and 1 Tablespoon honey. Season with 1 Tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper and 12 teaspoons salt. Mix the marinade in the bag to combine. Add the flattened chicken to the bag nesting the meaty breast side of the chicken down in the marinade. Seal the bag, releasing any trapped air, and gently massage the buttermilk marinade into the chicken. Place the bag in a pan or large bowl and refrigerate overnight or for up to two days.

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Idiot’s Kitchen Recipe – Buttermilk Roast Chicken  Recipe  from  www.idiotskitchen.com  -­‐  Adapted  from  Nigella  Lawson    

   Ingredients:    1  whole  chicken,  approximately  4  pounds  2  cloves  garlic,  lightly  crushed  2  Tablespoons  fresh  rosemary  leaves,  roughly  chopped  2  cups  buttermilk  ¼  cup  vegetable  oil  1  Tablespoon  honey  1  Tablespoon  coarsely  ground  black  pepper  1-­‐2  teaspoons  salt  1  Tablespoon  olive  oil  Extra  large  (2  gallons  at  least)  zipper  top  bag    Note:    This  chicken  must  marinate  overnight  so  plan  ahead!    Remove  the  innards  or  bag  of  giblets  from  the  cavity  of  a  4-­‐pound  chicken.  Place  the  chicken  on  a  board  breast  side  down  and  find  the  stub  of  the  neck  bone.  Use  kitchen  shears  to  cut  down  both  sides  of  the  backbone.  Remove  the  backbone  and  open  the  chicken  up  like  a  book.  Press  gently  down  on  the  sides  of  the  chicken  to  flatten  it  slightly.      Place  2  slightly  crushed  cloves  of  garlic  in  an  extra  large  zipper  top  bag.  Strip  the  leaves  off  several  stems  of  fresh  rosemary  and  coarsely  chop  to  make  2  Tablespoons.  Add  the  rosemary  to  the  bag  and  pour  in  2  cups  buttermilk,  ¼  cup  vegetable  oil,  and  1  Tablespoon  honey.  Season  with  1  Tablespoon  coarsely  ground  black  pepper  and  1-­‐2  teaspoons  salt.  Mix  the  marinade  in  the  bag  to  combine.    Add  the  flattened  chicken  to  the  bag  nesting  the  meaty  breast  side  of  the  chicken  down  in  the  marinade.  Seal  the  bag,  releasing  any  trapped  air,  and  gently  massage  the  buttermilk  marinade  into  the  chicken.  Place  the  bag  in  a  pan  or  large  bowl  and  refrigerate  overnight  or  for  up  to  two  days.    

When  you  are  ready  to  cook,  remove  the  chicken  from  the  marinade  and  place  on  a  rack  to  drip  dry.  Discard  the  used  marinade.    Preheat  the  oven  to  400  degrees.    Line  a  roasting  pan  with  foil  and  lay  the  chicken  in  the  pan  breast  side  up.  Season  lightly  with  salt  &  pepper  and  drizzle  with  1  Tablespoon  olive  oil.    Roast  at  400  degrees  for  45  minutes  then  REDUCE  the  oven  temperature  to  325  and  cook  for  an  additional  20-­‐25  minutes.  The  chicken  is  done  when  it  is  golden  brown  and  the  juices  run  clear  when  you  pierce  between  the  leg  and  thigh.    Let  the  roasted  chicken  rest  for  10  minutes  before  carving.  Save  the  pan  juices  to  drizzle  over  the  chicken  pieces.      Serves  4.