Incredibly flavorful roast chicken and white wine sauce made easy in one pot. Minimal ingredients and effort yield ultra-tender meat and sides infused with herbs, garlic and lemon.
This Dutch Oven Chicken recipe is an easy way to get tender chicken every time. The Dutch oven cooking process provides a golden brown crispy skin with mouthwatering flavor, taking your chicken recipes from bland and boring to delicious.
Ingredients
For the roast chicken
- ▢ 1 whole chicken 3-5 lbs
- ▢ 1 tbsp oil
- ▢ 1 tbsp salt
- ▢ 3 heads garlic tops cut off, exposing the cloves
- ▢ 2 lemons sliced into 8 wedges
- ▢ 1 onion sliced into large wedges
- ▢ 4 to 5 fresh thyme sprigs
- ▢ 2 fresh rosemary sprigs
- ▢ ½ cup white wine
For the white win pan sauce
- ▢ 1/2 cup white wine
- ▢ 1/4 cup chicken broth
- ▢ 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- ▢ 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
Prep the Chicken
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and make sure the rack is in the mid to lowest slot with clearance above it.Meanwhile, pat the 1 whole chicken dry with a paper towel, be sure to dry the cavity and between the folds of the wings and legs. Season the chicken liberally on all sides with 1 tbsp salt.Preheat a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the 1 tbsp oil and swirl to coat.
Deglaze the pan
Turn the heat to low, or remove the pot from the heat altogether. Deglaze the pan by carefully adding in a little of the ½ cup white wine. The wine will steam and bubble from the heat of the pan and the liquid hitting the fat and oil, so use caution.
Add the 3 heads garlic, chopped 2 lemons, 1 onion and 4 to 5 fresh thyme sprigs and 2 fresh rosemary sprigs to the Dutch oven over the white wine.Nestle the chicken back into the pot.
Cook the Chicken in the Dutch Oven
Make the white wine sauce
Deglaze the pan with 1/2 cup white wine, scraping up any brown bit stuck to the bottom with a wooden spoon.Add in the 1/4 cup chicken broth and bring to a simmer 10 mintues.Remove from heat and stir in the 4 tbsp unsalted butter to melt. Season with 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper.
