Crispy Skinned Chicken & Root Vegetable Roast, super easy and delicious. Gluten Free and very keto friendly!
Ingredients
1 bunch radishes with greens on
2 fennel bulbs, cut into quarters
1 large leek, sliced into half moons
4 heads garlic, cut into half length wise
2 lb chicken thighs, bone in skin on
2 lemons, sliced into wheels
5 tbsp olive oil
generous sprinkle salt
freshly ground black pepper
pea greens
1 loaf crusty bread (sourdough or italian)
chicken:
2-3 tbsp olive oil
salt & pepper
2 tsp garlic powder
Gremolata
Reserved radish greens
1 bunch parsley leaves, finely chopped
1 serrano pepper, seeds removed and finely chopped
zest and juice of one lemon
1 garlic clove finely chopped
¼ cup olive oil
salt
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 375
Clean and cut vegetables as listed in ingredients
soak and scrub radish in cold water, then pull the leafy green tops off the radishes and set asidie- we'll come back for those
remove the stalks and fronds from the fennel by cutting as close to the bulb as possible. Cut the bulb in half, from top to bottom and remove the core.
Cut the remaining bulb into quarters
Cut the dark green top off the leek, then cut the remaining white part in half, keeping the root intact. Slice into ½" thick half-moons
Add fennel, radishes, leeks and garlic heads into a casserole pan and drizzle with olive oil. Season generously with salt and a few cranks of black pepper. **Keep the skin on the garlic heads here, it'll help keep them intact while they get roasty toasty.
Crisp that chicken skin, add 1-2 tbsp of oil into a pan over medium heat. Season chicken with salt, pepper & garlic powder and add it to pan, skin side down. Let it cook for 5-7 minutes (or however long it takes to brown and crisp the skin.
Nestle the chicken thighs into the casserole pan, skin side up.
Add lemon slices to the pan
Put it in the oven and set a ime for 20 minutes. After 20, remove the pan from oven and drizzle with 2 more tbsp live oil. Return to oven for an additional 25 minutes.
While hicken and vegetables cook, prepare you Gremolata - roughly chop radish greens in a medium sized bowl and combine radish greens, parsley, serrano pepper, garlic, zest and juice of one lemon, and ¼ cup olive oil. Stir and season with salt
Cut the bread into ½" slices then using remaining oil from pan you crisped your chicken skin in, toast bread on both sides.
To serve, add pea greens & toast to a plate. Add a head of garlic per person for buttering bread with and chicken/vegetables.
Devour.
Recipe by My Lavender Blues at https://mylavenderblues.com/crispy-skinned-chicken-root-vegetable-roast/