Crispy chicken thighs with a simple pan sauce

Name: Crispy chicken thighs with a simple pan sauce
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: shallots; Fresno chilies; chicken thighs; salt; stock; wine; butter; lemon; herbs

Serves 1

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Crispy chicken thighs with a simple pan sauce

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Serves 1

Directions

1Prep aromatics: shallots and Fresno chilies.
2Remove the bone from the chicken thighs by making shallow parallel cuts and gently scraping back the meat for even thickness.
3Season chicken aggressively with salt.
4Place chicken skin side down in a cold pan.
5Allow slow heat to render the fat, then turn up the heat to fry the chicken in its own fat.
6Remove the cooked chicken from the pan.
7Add aromatics to the pan with the fond.
8Deglaze the pan with stock and wine.
9Let the sauce reduce naturally off the heat.
10Finish the sauce with butter to emulsify.
11Add lemon and herbs to the sauce to balance the richness.

Ingredients

shallots
Fresno chilies
chicken thighs
salt
stock
wine
butter
lemon
herbs

Equipment

pan

Tips

Start skin side down in a cold pan to render fat slowly before increasing heat.
Don't waste the fond left in the pan, as it contains concentrated flavor.

Crispy chicken thighs with a simple pan sauce

Serves 1

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Crispy chicken thighs with a simple pan sauce

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Serves 1

Directions

1Prep aromatics: shallots and Fresno chilies.
2Remove the bone from the chicken thighs by making shallow parallel cuts and gently scraping back the meat for even thickness.
3Season chicken aggressively with salt.
4Place chicken skin side down in a cold pan.
5Allow slow heat to render the fat, then turn up the heat to fry the chicken in its own fat.
6Remove the cooked chicken from the pan.
7Add aromatics to the pan with the fond.
8Deglaze the pan with stock and wine.
9Let the sauce reduce naturally off the heat.
10Finish the sauce with butter to emulsify.
11Add lemon and herbs to the sauce to balance the richness.