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Part 234,958 of my Sunday chicken dinners. This time, I used the liver to make a couple of chicken livers in a blanket; the feet and neck in a flavorful stock with carrot tops and onion skins (strained out afterward, doy); and for the main course, rubbed the whole bird with kosher salt, fresh ground pepper, cayenne and thyme, larded the breast side with bacon, and laid it on a bed of purple carrots, celery and shallot. I also threw in a little butter and lemon juice for kicks. It roasted away at 400 degrees with the lid on for 20 minutes, and off for another 20. Obscenely juicy. Plated with sauteed dandelion greens and mashed Japanese sweet potatoes alongside a two-radish (grated black and baby French breakfast) salad, this little bird got stellar reviews.