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Roasted Half Chicken With Cherry Sauce
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Roasted Half Chicken With Cherry Sauce

plus Lemon Ricotta Crostini, Mashed Potatoes & Asparagus

10 min
Difficulty: 2/3

This elegant, cozy Mother's Day meal starts with lemon-ricotta crostini drizzled with honey and sprinkled with pistachios. Meanwhile, a half chicken roasts to juicy perfection along with tender asparagus. A savory cherry pan sauce is drizzled over the chicken along with a side of creamy mashed potatoes—the perfect finishing touch!

Allergens

Wheat
Milk
Tree Nuts
Soy

Utensils

Baking Sheet
Paper Towel
Zester
Small Bowl
Medium Pan
Strainer
Medium Pot
Aluminum Foil
Potato Masher

Tags

Pork-free
Oven Ready
Lto
New
Premium
Specialties
Mothers-day
Ingredients
Sour Cream

Sour Cream

3 tablespoon

Cherry Jam

Cherry Jam

1 unit

Potatoes

Potatoes

12 ounce

Asparagus

Asparagus

6 ounce

Pistachios

Pistachios

0.5 ounce

Chicken Stock Concentrate

Chicken Stock Concentrate

1 unit

Lemon

Lemon

1 unit

Ricotta Cheese

Ricotta Cheese

4 ounce

Honey

Honey

4 teaspoon

Half Chicken

Half Chicken

1 unit

Scallions

Scallions

2 unit

Garlic Powder

Garlic Powder

1 teaspoon

Demi-Baguette

Demi-Baguette

1 unit

Olive Oil

Olive Oil

1 teaspoon (tsp)

Cooking Oil

Cooking Oil

2 teaspoon (tsp)

Butter

Butter

2 tablespoon (tbsp)

Salt

Salt

teaspoon (tsp)

Black Pepper

Black Pepper

teaspoon (tsp)

Preparation
1
Make Crostini

  • Adjust rack to middle position (middle and top positions for 4 servings) and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce.

  • Slice baguette crosswise into 8 rounds (16 rounds for 4). Zest and quarter lemon. Roughly chop pistachios. 

  • Place baguette rounds on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Toast on middle rack until golden, 5-10 minutes.

  • Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine ricottajuice from one lemon wedge (two wedges for 4), and as much lemon zest as you like; season with salt and pepper. Spread toasted baguette rounds with ricotta mixture and drizzle with honey. Garnish with pistachios.

  • Serve lemon ricotta crostini while you finish cooking the rest of the meal.

2
Prep

  • Trim and discard woody bottom ends from asparagus. Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens.

  • Line a second baking sheet (second and third baking sheet for 4 servings) with aluminum foil. 

  • Pat chicken* dry with paper towels and season generously all over with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. (TIP: See a feather? Simply grip the end using a paper towel and pull!) Place chicken, skin side up, on one side of prepared baking sheet.

3
Roast Chicken & Asparagus

  • Roast on middle rack until chicken is cooked through and skin is browned and slightly crispy, 40-50 minutes. TIP: If skin begins to brown too quickly, loosely cover chicken with foil. To ensure chicken is cooked through, insert a thermometer into the innermost part of the thigh and breast (avoiding any bones). Once chicken is cooked, the bones may still appear pink—this is OK!
  • When chicken has 12 minutes left, remove sheet from oven and carefully toss asparagus on empty side of sheet with a drizzle of oilsalt, and pepper. Return to middle rack and roast until chicken is cooked through and asparagus is browned and tender, 10-12 minutes. (For 4 servings, leave chicken roasting on middle rack; toss asparagus on the other prepared baking sheet and roast on top rack.) 

4
Make Mashed Potatoes

  • While chicken roasts, place potatoes in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, 10-15 minutes. Reserve ½ cup potato cooking liquid (1 cup for 4 servings), then drain and return potatoes to pot. Add half the sour cream and 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4); mash with a potato masher or fork, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as needed until smooth and creamy. Taste and season with salt and pepper

  • Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.

5
Make Sauce

  • When chicken is almost done, heat a drizzle of oil in a medium pan over medium-high heat. Add scallion whites and cook, stirring, until softened and fragrant, 1 minute. 

  • Stir in jam, stock concentrate, and ¼ cup water (⅓ cup for 4 servings). Cook, stirring, until thickened, 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in remaining sour cream and 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4). Season with salt and pepper.

6
Serve

  • Sprinkle chicken and mashed potatoes with scallion greens.

  • Serve chicken, asparagus, mashed potatoes, and pan sauce family style. 

Nutrition per serving

1500

kcal

Calories

94

g

Fat

35

g

Saturated Fat

86

g

Carbohydrate

32

g

Sugar

7

g

Dietary Fiber

71

g

Protein

280

mg

Cholesterol

820

mg

Sodium

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