Alice B. Toklas Katie's Capon
Recipe: #20432
August 03, 2015
Categories: Chicken, Orange, French, Christmas, Fathers Day, Sunday Dinner, Oven Roast, High Protein, No Eggs, Wine, Whole Chicken, Chicken Dinner, more
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Original is 4 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (590.7 g)
- Calories 676.4
- Total Fat - 30.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 12.4 g
- Cholesterol - 1139.6 mg
- Sodium - 1329.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 10.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.3 g
- Sugars - 7.9 g
- Protein - 85 g
- Calcium - 178.3 mg
- Iron - 11.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 63.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
When you bring the chicken home from the market, unwrap it and sprinkle it generously with salt.
Step 2
Cover and refrigerate it until ready to cook.
Step 3
Bring the bird to room temperature before cooking.
Step 4
Do not rub off the salt.
Step 5
Preheat the oven to 400°F.
Step 6
In a large ovenproof skillet warm the butter and olive oil over medium heat. Brown the chicken breast side down, for 3 to 5 minutes then turn it over and brown the other side for 3 to 5 minutes.
Step 7
Place the skillet in the oven and roast the chicken for 45 minutes.
Step 8
Pour the port over the chicken and baste it.
Step 9
Roast for 20 minutes more, than add the orange juice and baste again.
Step 10
Roast for about 5 minutes more.
Step 11
The chicken is done when the juices of the thigh run clear when pierced with the blade of a sharp knife, or when the thigh wiggles easily.
Step 12
Remove the chicken from the oven, transfer it to a cutting board, and let it rest as you make the sauce.
Step 13
Skim as much fat off the top of the juices in the skillet as you can and discard.
Step 14
Place the skillet over medium heat
Step 15
And add the cream, stirring up the crispy bits on the bottom.
Step 16
Add about half the orange zest and allow the sauce to reduce as you stir constantly
Step 17
For a few minutes.
Step 18
Carve the chicken and transfer it to a serving platter.
Step 19
Pour some of the sauce over the chicken and transfer the rest into a gravy boat and serve it at the table.
Step 20
Sprinkle the remaining orange zest over the chicken.
Tips
No special items needed.
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