This dinner sequence illustrates how a complete rooster will be put to good use creatively.
First, a rooster is liberally seasoned with contemporary herbs and lemon, then roasted to perfection and the breasts served contemporary out of the oven over a superb lemon-garlic orzo.
The wings, legs, and thighs get a makeover for the second dinner, a straightforward sheet pan curried rooster.
The rooster items are tossed with curry powder — spiced coconut milk, roasted with greens, and served over white rice.
When you’ve got additional time whereas the rooster is roasting, go forward and chop the greens for the curried rooster and retailer them within the fridge, so all you need to do tomorrow night time is toss all the things collectively.
As soon as the rooster has about quarter-hour left to cook dinner, get began on the orzo. Will probably be prepared as quickly because the rooster has rested.
Herb-Crusted Roasted Hen With Lemon-Garlic Orzo
- For the rooster:
- 1 (3 ½- to 4-pound) entire rooster
- 4 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon high-quality sea salt
- ½ teaspoon floor black pepper
- For the Lemon-Garlic Orzo:
- 12 ounces dried orzo
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- ½ small purple onion, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons contemporary lemon juice (from 1 lemon)
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon high-quality sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon floor black pepper
- 2 tablespoons chopped contemporary parsley, for garnish
Warmth oven to 400 levels.
Take away the giblets from the cavity of the rooster and pat the rooster dry with a paper towel.
In a small bowl, combine the butter, oregano, rosemary and thyme till effectively mixed. Rub about half the herb butter over the surface of the rooster. Utilizing your fingers, gently elevate the pores and skin from the breast and smear the remainder of the herb butter underneath the pores and skin.
Place the rooster in a roasting pan or on a rimmed baking sheet. Tuck the wing ideas underneath the joint the place the wing meets the rooster’s physique. Utilizing about 6 inches of kitchen twine, tie the ends of the drumsticks collectively. Season the rooster with the salt and pepper.
Roast till a thermometer inserted into the thickest a part of the thigh registers 165 levels, about for 1 hour 10 minutes. If the pores and skin begins to brown too deeply, merely tent the rooster with a bit of aluminum foil.
In the meantime, make the lemon-garlic orzo: Prepare dinner the orzo based on the bundle directions. Drain and switch to a big bowl. Add the tomatoes, onion, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper to the orzo and stir to mix.
Take away the rooster from the oven, tent it with foil (if it is not already tented), and let relaxation for 10 minutes. Carve the legs, thighs, and wings from the rooster, switch to an hermetic container, and refrigerate to make use of for Curried Hen Sheet Pan Dinner (it should preserve for as much as 5 days). Carve the breasts from the rooster and slice them.
Divide the rooster breasts and orzo between two or three plates. Garnish with the parsley and serve.
Makes 2 to three servings.
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Curried Hen Sheet Pan Dinner
- 1 cup full-fat coconut milk
- ¼ cup contemporary lime juice (from about 2 limes)
- 2 tablespoons curry powder
- 1 teaspoon high-quality sea salt
- Cooked rooster thighs, legs and wings (reserved from Meal One)
- 1 purple bell pepper, lower into ½-inch-thick strips
- 6 giant carrots, lower into 1-inch thick rounds
- 1 cup raw white rice, rinsed (non-obligatory)
- ¼ cup chopped peanuts, for garnish
- 2 tablespoons chopped contemporary cilantro, for garnish
Warmth oven to 400 levels.
In a small bowl, whisk collectively the coconut milk, lime juice, curry powder and salt. Add the rooster items, bell pepper and carrots to the curry sauce and toss to mix. Unfold the rooster and greens on a rimmed baking sheet. Discard any remaining curry combination. Bake till the rooster is golden and the pores and skin is crisp and the greens are tender, about 40 minutes.
In the meantime, cook dinner the rice (if utilizing) based on the bundle directions.
Garnish the rooster and greens with the peanuts and cilantro and serve over the rice, if desired.
Makes 2 to three servings.
Excerpt from “Prepare dinner As soon as Dinner Repair: Fast and Thrilling Methods to Remodel Tonight’s Dinner into Tomorrow’s Feast” by Cassy Pleasure Garcia; reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc.