One-Hour Broiled Chicken and Pan Sauce

Name: One-Hour Broiled Chicken and Pan Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 (4-pound), whole chicken, giblets discarded; 1 1/2 teaspoons, vegetable oil; , Kosher salt and pepper; 4 sprigs, fresh thyme; 1 , garlic clove, peeled and crushed; , Lemon wedges

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2017, America's Test Kitchen TV

Main Courses

Chicken

Two keys to getting a whole chicken on the table quickly? Start it in a cold oven and then crank up the broiler.

SERVES4

TIME1 hour

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We found that the key to getting a whole chicken on the table in about an hour was broiling, not roasting. Butterflying the chicken kept it flat so that it cooked evenly under the intense direct heat, and it also helped speed up cooking. Pi...

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