Unknown to most there are five ( not four) basic tastes… bitter, salty, sour, and sweet and the fifth taste – umami. Umami is commonly described as a protein taste – “the essence of chicken stock”. One of the reasons roast chicken is everyone’s favorite is how much it matches the essence of Umami taste.
When I first began to cook -some of the most basic recipes like roast chicken were quite hard to pull off. So I’ve always been looking for a roast chicken recipe, and until recently the best was November’s Herb roasted chicken. September’s bon appetit with with a herb-roasted italian style chicken, or “chicken al mattone” was impossible to not try.
This recipe was fairly straightforward. I love the technique of butterflying the chicken ( I butterflied it myself), then searing in a pan. This ensured that the skin was beautiful and brown. And the result ? A new family favorite – my wife commented how much she liked this. File under great !
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