Chicken Under A Brick

Serves: 3

Lelia Marks

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

49

Spice

57

Sweetness

47

Sourness

38

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Thyme

2 tbsps

Cinnamon

1 tsps

Nutmeg

1 tsps

Ground Cloves

Directions:

1

Preheat oven to 400°F

2

In a bowl, mix all spice mixture ingredients

3

Dust chicken with spice mix (store extra in a glass jar); sprinkle with salt and pepper

4

Coat a cast-iron frying pan or ovenproof sauté pan with cooking spray

5

Heat pan over medium-high heat 1 minute

6

Place chicken skin side down in the pan

7

Rest a heavy weight such as a foil-wrapped brick on top

8

(Or use another heavy ovenproof skillet or pan to keep skin of chicken in contact with the hot pan

9

) Lower heat; cook 6 minutes

10

Put the pan, weight and all, in the oven and cook 8 minutes more

11

Serve with lemon wedges, if desired, and asparagus or a seasonal green

12

Preheat oven to 400°F

13

In a bowl, mix all spice mixture ingredients

14

Dust chicken with spice mix (store extra in a glass jar); sprinkle with salt and pepper

15

Coat a cast-iron frying pan or ovenproof sauté pan with cooking spray

16

Heat pan over medium-high heat 1 minute

17

Place chicken skin side down in the pan

18

Rest a heavy weight such as a foil-wrapped brick on top

19

(Or use another heavy ovenproof skillet or pan to keep skin of chicken in contact with the hot pan

20

) Lower heat; cook 6 minutes

21

Put the pan, weight and all, in the oven and cook 8 minutes more

22

Serve with lemon wedges, if desired, and asparagus or a seasonal green