Cast Iron Skillet Chicken

Cast Iron Skillet Chicken

Looking for a one pan dish that makes roasting chicken easy?  Try this recipe using a cast iron skillet.  You won’t believe how easy this is!

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken, cleaned and patted dry

Olive oil

salt

pepper

1 lemon

1 shallot, sliced

1 cup of chicken broth

2 tsp of Dijon Mustard

2 Tbsp of butter

1 tsp of rosemary

Looking for a one pan dish that makes roasting chicken easy?  Try this recipe using a cast iron skillet.  You won’t believe how easy this is!

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.  Place cast iron skillet in oven to heat for 10 min.

Meanwhile, coat the chicken in olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

Remove hot skillet from oven.  Place chicken in skillet.  Cook at 450 degrees for 20-30 minutes, or until chicken registers an internal temperature of 120 degrees.

Turn off oven.  Remove chicken from oven and slice a lemon, cut side down, around the chicken.  Place the chicken back in the.oven (oven is off) and leave from 15-20 min until chicken registers an internal temperature of 160 degrees.

Place chicken on separate plate.  Tent with foil and allow to rest.

In the same skillet with the juices from the chicken, squees the lemon juice from the roasted lemons.  Add shallot and cook over medium heat for 3 minutes.  Add mustard.  Stir to combine.  Add chicken broth and allow to reduce for 10 minutes.  Whisk in. butter, salt, pepper and rosemary until butter is melted.  Carve chicken and serve.