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Spiced Chicken with Brown Butter
Adapted from Real Fast Food by Nigel Slater.
About This Recipe
| Yield: | serves 4 |
| Active time: | 10 minutes |
| Total time: | 25 minutes |
| This recipe appears in: | Dinner Tonight: Spiced Chicken with Brown Butter |
Ingredients
- 8 chicken thighs
- Salt and pepper
- 4 teaspoons paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 stick butter at room temperature
Procedures
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1
Season the chicken thighs generously with salt and pepper and set aside. Preheat a broiler.
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2
In a small bowl, combine the spices, garlic, and butter. Beat the mixture until the spices are completely incorporated.
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3
Lay the chicken pieces skin-side up in a broiler-proof dish which will collect the spicy brown butter as it melts. Rub the spiced butter all over the chicken skin so all the pieces are thoroughly covered.
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4
Cook the chicken about 5 inches from the broiler until the skin is crisp and slightly blackened, 7-10 minutes, then flip and cook the other side for 5 minutes more until the chicken is cooked through. Throughout the cooking, spoon the brown butter in the bottom of the dish over the pieces to baste them.
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5
Flip the chicken pieces back over and cook for a minute longer to crisp the skin. Serve with rice and the extra brown butter spooned over everything.