Pan-Roasted Skin-On Chicken Breasts with Smoked Paprika

Name: Pan-Roasted Skin-On Chicken Breasts with Smoked Paprika
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 (10- to 12-ounce), bone-in split chicken breasts, trimmed, divided; 1½ teaspoons, smoked paprika; 1½ teaspoons, grated lemon zest; 1 teaspoon, granulated garlic; ½ teaspoon, pepper; 2½ teaspoons, kosher salt; 3 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil, divided; 1 tablespoon, sherry vinegar; 1 tablespoon, chopped fresh parsley

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2022

Main Courses

Chicken

Roasts

Keeping the skin means that your dinner is flavored with a secret ingredient: schmaltz.

SERVES4

TIME1½ hours, plus 1 hour salting

Pan-Roasted Skin-On Chicken Breasts with Smoked Paprika

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The magic of this recipe lies in the cooking technique. We added seasoned chicken breasts to a cold skillet, turned on the heat, and cooked the chicken until the fat was rendered and the skin was browned before finishing the chicken skin si...

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