Thyme roasted Chicken with Squash and Cracked Green Olives
From pleclare 14 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 6
High heat roasting gives this chicken crisp skin,while cooking it on bed of fresh thyme adds even more flavor.The slightly charred and salty olives are a nice counterpart to the sweet squash and perfect accompaniment to the chicken.
Ingredients
- Rub shopping list
- 1 Tbs fennel seeds,toasted and ground shopping list
- 1 Tbs chopped fresh thyme shopping list
- 2 tsp ground cumin shopping list
- 1 tsp coarse salt shopping list
- 1/4 tsp pepper shopping list
- chicken shopping list
- 1 (3lb) chicken,cut in 8 pieces shopping list
- 1 (1oz) pkg fresh thyme sprigs (about 1-1/2 c) shopping list
- 2 Tbs extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- 1 lb. butternut squash,chopped (scant 3/4") (about 3 c) shopping list
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt shopping list
- 1/8 tsp pepper shopping list
- 1/2 c cracked olives shopping list
How to make it
- Combine all rub ingredients in small bowl,sprinkle over chicken,rubbing to coat both sides. Place chicken in glass baking dish;cover and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
- Heat oven to 400. Oil large,rimmed baking sheet. Spread thyme sprigs (branches and all) on baking sheet. Top with chicken;brush with 1 Tbs oil. toss squash with remaining Tbs. of oil in large bowl;sprinkle with 1/4 tsp salt and 1/8 tsp pepper. Arrange squash in single layer around chicken.
- Bake 25 mins;brush chicken with pan juices oe additional oil. Nestle olives in squah around the chicken. Bake 20 mins or till the chicken is golden brown and no longer pink in the center and the squash is tender.
- Remove and discard thyme sprigs;place chicken on platter. Gently toss squash and olives with pan juices;arrange atround chicken
People Who Like This Dish 5
- midwestguy Chicago, IL
- theoldprof Belleville, CA
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A most delightful recipe. Very elegant. This one will take some planning to pull off, but I think it will be worth the effort. Hi-5 and my kudos.
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HIGH 5,love this receipe.Merry CHRISTmas!
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sounds really good to me!! thanks for posting.. give this one a 5 for sure
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