Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 2 bulbs garlic
  • Cooking spray
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 bay leaf
  • A few sprigs thyme
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 4 tablespoons flour
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 3 cups chicken bone broth or stock
  • One 3 ½-pound chicken
  • Salt and pepper
  • Olive oil non-aerosol cooking spray
  • Herb bundle: bay
  • parsley
  • and thyme
  • tied in bunch
  • 1 bag extra-crispy Ore-Ida fries or waffle fries
  • 2 cups shredded sharp white cheddar cheese
  • Salt
  • 2 large or 3 small bunches broccolini
  • about 1 ¼ pounds
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ¼-⅓ pound meaty bacon
  • small dice
  • ½ small onion
  • chopped
  • 2-3 red pickled Italian cherry peppers
  • sweet or hot
  • chopped
  • 2 tablespoons hot honey
  • homemade or store-bought

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 425˚F
  • Halve bulbs of garlic, spray with oil and season with salt and pepper
  • Place in foil pouch with bay and thyme, seal up edges of foil, then roast 45 minutes to very soft
  • Cool the garlic, remove from skins and paste it
  • For gravy, in a saucepot or skillet, melt butter over medium to medium-high heat
  • Whisk in black pepper and flour, Worcestershire then stock, thicken to coat spoon, then whisk in garlic paste and add salt to taste
  • Remove from heat and cover until ready to serve
  • Meanwhile, remove the backbone of chicken with poultry shears and crack breastbone to spatchcock the bird or ask the butcher to do this for you
  • Season both sides with salt and pepper
  • Spray a cast-iron skillet with cooking spray as well as the skin
  • Place herb bundle in pan, place chicken skin-side up on top of herbs and roast 40 minutes to 160˚F-165˚F on instant-read thermometer
  • Bake the fries on parchment-lined sheet pan under the chicken to very crisp and golden, top with cheese to melt once browned, and return to oven a minute to melt
  • Meanwhile, bring a few inches water to boil, salt it, cook broccolini 3 minutes, drain, cold shock, pat dry and chop into bite-sized pieces
  • Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat with oil, 1 turn of the pan, add the bacon and brown 2 to 3 minutes, add onions and stir a minute or 2, add pickled peppers and broccolini and cook 5 minutes over medium heat
  • Drizzle hot honey over the broccolini
  • Quarter chicken, serve with cheese fries and cover both with gravy
  • Serve the hot honey broccolini alongside