High-roasted Butterflied Chicken With Herbs And Porcini Mushroom

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup kosher salt, for brine (or 1/2 cup table salt)
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 whole chicken, giblets removed and reserved for another use, fat around cavity removed and discarded (3 1/2 to 4 lbs)
• 2 1/2 lbs russet potatoes or 2 1/2 lbs yukon gold potatoes, about 4 to 5 medium peeled and sliced 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick
• 4 tablespoons dried porcini mushrooms
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leave
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary
• kosher salt
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• vegetable oil cooking spray (nonstick)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3/4 teaspoon table salt (for potatoes)
• ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 dissolve salt and sugar in 2 quarts cold water in large container. immerse chicken and refrigerate until fully seasoned, about 1 hour.
• 2 meanwhile, in small bowl, cover mushrooms with boiling water; let stand until mushrooms soften, about 15 minutes. using fork, lift mushrooms from liquid and chop fine.
• 3 in small bowl, mix porcini, thyme, rosemary, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and butter until combined.
• 4 adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 500 degrees. line bottom of broiler pan with foil and spray with nonstick vegetable cooking spray.
• 5 remove chicken from brine and rinse thoroughly under cold running water. butterfly chicken, flatten breastbone with palm of hand.
• 6 slip your fingers between skin and breast, loosening the membrane.
• 7 scoop some of the butter onto a spoon, slide it under breast skin, and spread by pushing on top of skin with your fingers.
• 8 work butter under skin to cover breast evenly. repeat with each drumstick and thigh.
• 9 position chicken on broiler pan rack; thoroughly pat dry with paper towels.
• 10 toss potatoes with 1 tablespoon oil, salt, and pepper to taste in medium bowl. spread potatoes in even layer in foil-lined broiler pan bottom.
• 11 place broiler pan rack with chicken on top. rub chicken with remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons oil and sprinkle with pepper.
• 12 roast chicken until spotty brown, about 20 minutes.
• 13 rotate pan and continue to roast until skin has crisped and turned a deep brown and an instant-read thermometer registers 160 degrees in thickest part of breast, 20 to 25 minutes longer.
• 14 transfer chicken to cutting board.
• 15 with potholders, remove broiler pan rack; soak up excess grease from potatoes with several sheets paper towels. remove foil liner with potatoes from broiler pan bottom and invert foil and potatoes onto cookie sheet or second cutting board. carefully peel back foil, using a metal spatula to help scrape potatoes off foil as needed. with additional paper towels, pat off remaining grease.
• 16 cut chicken into serving pieces and serve with potatoes.