Enjoy!
I like simple and easy as well as tasty.
Yesterday I wanted something different, and aside from cooking up a huge corned-beef (did that last week, Good God was it delicious, and just cabbage, not even potatoes, carrots, onions, nuttin’), all I had was a package of chicken drumsticks’n’thighs.
Broiler-pan lined with Al foil.
Slice up onions, make that the bottom layer. Salt profusely to extract the water. You want them to boil in any juices, else they dry up but still have that pinchy “raw onion” taste that’s just nasty.
Small chunks of potato, make that the next layer. Best if they can stay above water so they cook through but still develop a “skin” that’s just on the chewy side.
Drownd the chicken parts in Adobobobobo seasoning. Lay the chicken on top of the other stuff, cover the pan in more Al foil to essentially let it steam.
Cook at 350-375… a while. 45min might do it, kinda depends. Think I left mine in close to an hour, ’cause the chicken was frozen and I did “brine” them in hot water (changed 2-3 times) to try thawing them out fast, but the insides were probably still cold.
I measured 175 internal temps when I pulled ’em from the oven and took off the top layer of foil. Still quite “beige”, even though cooked-through inside.
Crank up the heat to 475-500, put back for 10-15min or so to develop some color.
Take out, let ’em rest a while, devour.
Even though technically “overcooked”, they came out perfectly. Tender without being rubbery, certainly not dried out in any way. At least once before they were at/over the minimum 165, but poking with a thermometer, they oozed some blood, so I tend to cook ’em to at least 175-180 anyway.
Took me some trial’n’error, mixing onions/potatoes together vs layering them, being “decorative” by putting some onions on top of the chicken, etc. Nope, the layers work best. Onions cook in the broth, potatoes cook exposed to air, chicken “steams” most of the way while resting on the potatoes.
Oh, and foil-lined means the pan required near-zero cleaning after. Some Adobobobobobo powder found its way between foil and pan, but no liquid or grease or anything.
Speaking of which, it’s almost 15:00 and I still didn’t have “breakfast” yet.