Meal Kit
Roasted Skin-On Chicken
with cacio e pepe mashed potatoes and Brussels sprouts
Prep & Cook Time: 40-50 min.
Spice Level: Not Spicy
Cook Within: 5 days
Contains: Milk
Chef
Nigel Palmer
In Your Box (serves 2)
- 2 Bone-in Skin-On Chicken Breasts
- 2 Russet Potatoes
- 8 oz. Brussels Sprouts
- 4 fl. oz. Whole Milk
- 2 fl. oz. White Cooking Wine
- 1 oz. Grated Parmesan
- ⅗ oz. Butter
- 3 Thyme Sprigs
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Nutrition (per serving)
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Calories790
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Carbohydrates46g
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Net Carbs40g
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Fat35g
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Protein62g
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Sodium1680mg
Recipe Steps
You Will Need
- Olive Oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- Cooking Spray
- 1 Baking Sheet
- 1 Medium Oven-Safe Non-Stick Pan
- 1 Medium Pot
Before You Cook
Cooking Guidelines
To ensure food safety, the FDA recommends the following as minimum internal cooking temperatures:
- Steak and Pork 145° F (rest cooked meat, 3 minutes) |
- Seafood 145° F |
- Chicken 165° F |
- Ground Beef 160° F |
- Ground Turkey 165° F |
- Ground Pork 160° F
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1 Sear the Chicken
Pat chicken breasts dry, and season both sides with 1/4 tsp. salt and a pinch of pepper.
Place a medium oven-safe non-stick pan over medium heat. Add butter to pan and let melt.Add chicken breasts, skin side down, and cook undisturbed until skin is browned, 6-8 minutes.Flip chicken and remove from burner.While chicken sears, make mashed potatoes. -
2 Make the Mashed Potatoes
Peel and cut potatoes into 1" dice.
Bring a medium pot with potatoes, enough water to cover, and 2 tsp. salt to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until potatoes are fork-tender, 15-18 minutes.Reserve 1/2 cup potato cooking water. Drain potatoes in a colander and return to pot. Add half the milk (reserve remaining for sauce), 2 Tbsp. potato cooking water, Parmesan, 1/2 tsp. pepper, and 1/4 tsp. salt. Mash until smooth. Add remaining potato cooking water 1 Tbsp. at a time as needed.Cover and set aside.While potatoes cook, prepare ingredients. -
3 Prepare the Ingredients
Trim bottoms off Brussels sprouts and halve vertically (quarter if larger than a ping-pong ball).
Stem and coarsely chop thyme. -
4 Cook the Brussels Sprouts and Chicken
Place pan with chicken in hot oven and roast until golden brown and chicken reaches a minimum internal temperature of 165 degrees, 12-15 minutes.
Carefully, remove chicken from pan and rest 5 minutes. Reserve pan and any pan drippings.While chicken roasts, place Brussels sprouts on prepared baking sheet and toss with 1 tsp. olive oil, 1/4 tsp. salt, and a pinch of pepper. Spread into a single layer and roast in hot oven until browned and tender, 10-12 minutes.Sprinkle cooked Brussels with half the thyme (reserve remaining for sauce). -
5 Make the Sauce
Very carefully (handle is hot!), return pan used to cook chicken to medium-high heat and add white cooking wine. Bring to a boil.
Add remaining milk and return to a boil. Stir constantly until sauce thickens and a line drawn in sauce holds for about 5 seconds, 2-4 minutes.Add remaining thyme and remove from burner.Plate dish as pictured on front of card, drizzling chicken with sauce. Bon appétit!
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