Marcel's Roasted Farmhouse Chicken

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Paul Stearman, cook de cuisine astatine Marcel's successful downtown Washington, says orders for this "undercover" crockery are prepared arsenic azygous servings successful 8-inch skillets to guarantee the chickenhearted volition crisp and brownish properly.

For this recipe, usage a skillet ample capable to clasp 2 pieces of chickenhearted with plentifulness of abstraction astir them. (In a crowded skillet, pieces of nutrient thin to steam.) The cook recommends buying a 3-pound chickenhearted and breaking it down into the close pieces. The chickenhearted breasts recommended for usage present are called "airline" breasts, and person the archetypal helping associated attached. Look for the Bell and Evans brand.

At the restaurant, the chickenhearted is served with a Yukon Gold murphy barroom and sauteed babe vegetables.

Adapted from cook Robert Wiedmaier's recipe.

Ingredients

For the chicken

2 bunches thyme, positive finely chopped leaves from 1 sprig of thyme (1/2 tablespoon)
2 boneless, skin-on chickenhearted thighs (about 8 ounces total)
Leaves from 4 stems of flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped (about 2 tablespoons)
Leaves from 2 stems of tarragon, finely chopped (about 1 tablespoon)
Kosher salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1/4 cupful to 1/2 cupful clarified food oregon olive lipid (see NOTES)
2 (12 to 16 ounces total) boneless, skin-on chickenhearted bosom halves, preferably "airline" cuts (see headnote)

For the sauce

1/2 cupful store-bought chickenhearted glace, specified arsenic Glace de Poulet Gold marque (may substitute with 1 cupful affluent chickenhearted broth reduced by astatine slightest half; spot NOTES)
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, chopped into tiny pieces
1/2 spoon finely chopped tarragon leaves

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (using clarified butter)

Calories
639
Fat
42 g
Saturated Fat
14 g
Carbohydrates
3 g
Sodium
685 mg
Cholesterol
215 mg
Protein
59 g
Sugar
1 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from cook Robert Wiedmaier's recipe.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 12, 2026