{"id":15207,"date":"2017-12-27T16:07:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T23:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=15207"},"modified":"2021-01-25T18:31:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T01:31:53","slug":"chicken-under-a-brick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/chicken-under-a-brick\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Under A Brick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 lb whole chicken (no need to brine)<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp parsley<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp thyme<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp <\/li>\n<li>1 TBL AP flour<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL tomato paste<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 onion<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 C apple cider vinegar<\/li>\n<li>Lemon Baste (recipe below)<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00bd red potatoes (cut)<\/li>\n<li>5 cloves garlic<\/li>\n<li>1 large (or two Roma) tomatoes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step by Step:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cut out back bone\/w poultry shears, work from tail to neck.<\/li>\n<li>Flip back over and open skin side up.<\/li>\n<li>Flatten w\/ hand &amp; hammer, cover w\/ wrap to protect skin.<br \/>\nSeason w\/salt, pepper, , or whatever seasoning you prefer.<\/li>\n<li>Cook skin side down in 1 tsp oil @ high heat.<\/li>\n<li>Set dutch oven or cast iron skillet on top of chicken.<br \/>\nTraditionally, use a brick wrapped in foil.<\/li>\n<li>Heat down to med and cook 15 min.<\/li>\n<li>Flip w\/both legs, remove from skillet.<\/li>\n<li>Pour out most grease.<\/li>\n<li>Put potatoes and onion in pan and toss w\/parsley, salt, thyme, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle with flour, and stir just a bit.<\/li>\n<li>Put chicken on top of potatoes, skin side up.<\/li>\n<li>Add tomato paste, 1\/2 C water and vinegar to pan.<\/li>\n<li>Brush with thyme, lemon baste<\/li>\n<li>Cover and cook @ 350\u00b0 for 30 min., remove chicken and continue cooking potatoes for 10 more minutes if they need it.\u00a0 Potatoes should be soft.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Special Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lemon Baste: 2 tsp oil, garlic, 1 \u00bd tsp thyme, pepper flakes, lemon juice, \u00bd tsp salt, \u00bc tsp black pepper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients: 3 lb whole chicken (no need to brine) 1 tsp parsley 1 tsp thyme 1 tsp 1 TBL AP flour 1 TBL tomato paste 1\/2 onion 1\/4 C apple cider vinegar Lemon Baste (recipe below) 1 \u00bd red potatoes (cut) 5 cloves garlic 1 large (or two Roma) tomatoes Step by Step: Cut out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/chicken-under-a-brick\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chicken Under A Brick&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cindy-recipe-cards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15207"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21144,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15207\/revisions\/21144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}