Best Cinnamon Roasted Chicken With Harissa Sauce Recipes

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HARISSA SAUCE



Harissa Sauce image

Categories     Sauce     Food Processor     Garlic     Broil     Quick & Easy     Spice     Bell Pepper     Caraway     Bon Appétit

Yield Makes about 2 2/3 cups

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 tablespoon coriander seeds
1 tablespoon caraway seeds
4 large garlic cloves, unpeeled
4 large red bell peppers
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons dried crushed red pepper

Steps:

  • Stir coriander and caraway in small skillet over medium-high heat until aromatic, about 30 seconds. Transfer to processor. Cook garlic in same skillet, covered, over medium-low heat until tender, turning occasionally, about 10 minutes. Cool. Peel garlic; add to processor.
  • Char bell peppers over gas flame or in broiler until blackened on all sides. Enclose in paper bag; let stand 10 minutes. Peel, seed, and coarsely chop peppers; add peppers, oil, sugar, and crushed red pepper to processor. Puree. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)

ROAST CHICKEN WITH HARISSA AND SCHMALTZ



Roast Chicken With Harissa And Schmaltz image

The real magic here is in the pool of schmaltz, AKA rendered chicken fat, sizzling in the pan.

Provided by Jeremy Fox

Categories     Bon Appétit     Chicken     Roast     Chile Pepper     Dinner     Kid-Friendly     Dairy Free     Wheat/Gluten-Free     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Soy Free     Kosher     Small Plates

Yield Serves 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

3 garlic cloves, smashed, peeled
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup coriander seeds
1 cup kosher salt, plus more
1 (4-4 1/2-pound) chicken, halved, backbone removed
1 cup Three-Chile Harissa
1/4 cup schmaltz (chicken fat) or olive oil

Steps:

  • Bring garlic, sugar, coriander seeds, 1 cup kosher salt, and 8 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar and salt. Transfer to a large bowl and add 1 cup ice. Let cool. (You can also refrigerate or freeze brine if you want to speed things up.)
  • While brine is cooling, bone chicken breasts, leaving leg and thigh quarters intact. Start by cutting off wing tips; discard. Place chicken, skin side down, on a cutting board. Working with 1 chicken half at a time, angle the blade of a thin, sharp knife flush against breast bone and cut along bone to separate the rib cage from flesh. The only bones remaining should be in the wing, thigh, and drumstick. Repeat on the other side (save bones for making your next pot of stock).
  • Place chicken halves in cooled brine. Cover tightly and chill 12 hours.
  • Transfer chicken to a rimmed baking sheet or baking pan and pick off coriander seeds. Spread harissa all over chicken. Cover tightly and chill at least 1 hour and up to 12 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 400°F (if you have a convection oven, turn the convection fan on). Heat schmaltz in a large cast-iron pan over medium. Carefully place chicken halves, skin sides down, in pan, making sure all the skin is in the fat. Cook until skin darkens and starts to crisp, about 5 minutes. Transfer skillet to oven and roast chicken until skin is very dark and meat is more than halfway cooked through, 20-25 minutes.
  • Remove skillet from oven and carefully turn chicken. Return to oven and roast, skin side up, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of thigh registers 165°F, 8-12 minutes.
  • Transfer chicken to a large platter, placing skin side up. Drizzle some of the schmaltz over chicken and serve remaining schmaltz alongside.

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