Cast-Iron Roast Chicken with Crispy Potatoes

Name: Cast-Iron Roast Chicken with Crispy Potatoes
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 3½–4-pound whole chicken; Kosher salt; 1½ pounds russet potatoes, scrubbed, thinly sliced crosswise; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted; 1 tablespoon thyme leaves; 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided; Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Size matters. This isn't the time for a mammoth Oven Stuffer, nor do we want some petite poussin—a 3½–4-lb. bird has the proportions we're after. When the breasts are roasted to perfection, all that dark meat is on-the-nose-done too.

Updated at: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 02:08:53 GMT