Thyme chicken
08/07/2021
Instead of one pot, we present to you the next best option: one sheet! Easy(kind of) dinner for a Friday night.
Ingredients:
- 2 whole chickens
- 4 teaspoons kosher salt
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons honey
- ½ cup olive oil
- ½ cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 pounds carrots
- 1 large red onion
- 12 garlic cloves peeled
- 8oz dried apricots
- 8oz dried prunes
- 20 sprigs of thyme
- 1 ½ cups dry white wine
- ½ cup water
- Parsley
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Season chicken with 2 teaspoons of salt.
- Whisk honey, oil, lemon juice, pepper, cinnamon, cumin, cayenne and remaining salt together in a small bowl. Add everything else but the wine and water and combine.
- Divide everything but chicken onto 2 baking sheets.
- Stir wine and water together and pour half onto each sheet.
- Cover sheets tightly with foil. Roast 15 minutes then remove from the oven.
- Remove the foil and continue to roast until chicken is golden brown and registers 165 degrees F.
- Transfer chicken to a serving platter and pour pan juice over.
- Serve hot