Roasted Chicken with Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients

For the Roast Chicken Quarters:

• 2 chicken quarters (leg and thigh)

• Salt

• 1 teaspoon ground sumac

• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika

• Fresh rosemary, thyme, garlic

For the Fried Sweet Potatoes:

• 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch slices

• Your favorite frying oil

• 1 cup goat cheese, crumbled

• 2 tablespoons honey

• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh herbs (such as thyme and rosemary)

For the Lemon Gochujang Tahini Spread:

• 1/4 cup tahini

• 1 tablespoon gochujang (Korean chili paste)

• Juice of 2 lemons

• Salt, to taste

For the Serrano Pepper and Cilantro Oil:

• 1 cup olive oil

• 1 serrano pepper

• 1 Bunch cilantro, with stems

• Salt, to taste

Instructions

Roast Chicken Quarters:

• Preheat your oven to 450.

• French the drumette.

• Season the chicken quarters with salt, pepper, smoked paprika, and sumac. Drizzle your best pan with olive oil.

• Pan sear your chicken skin side down until golden. Flip and cook another 5/7 mins.

• Place in your oven and roast for about 15/20 minutes (165 internal)

• Take out of your oven and finish in your pan basting with butter, rosemary, thyme, and garlic.

Fried Sweet Potatoes:

• Heat vegetable oil in a deep fryer or large pan to 300°F.

• Fry sweet potato slices in batches until done and completely cool. 

• Up your oil heat to 375 and fry until golden brown and crispy, about 3-4 minutes. Drain on paper towels and season with salt.

• In a small bowl, combine the your sweet potatoes with goat cheese, honey, chopped herbs, salt and pepper. Set aside.

Lemon Gochujang Tahini Spread:

• In a deli quart (or bowl) blend together tahini, gochujang, lemon juice, and salt until smooth. Adjust seasoning as needed.

Serrano Pepper and Cilantro Oil:

• Blend serrano pepper and cilantro with a hand blender and strain through cheese cloth or mesh strainer. If you want to be even more consumed by time, settle in a piping bag and separate the oil that way. Google it idk. Set aside in squeeze bottle.

Assembly:

• On a serving plate, smear tahini spread as you’d like. 

• Place dressed sweet potatoes and dress with more goat cheese if preferred.

• Place the roast chicken quarter on top, with the drumstick adding height.

• Drizzle the serrano pepper and cilantro oil around the plate.

• Garnish with microgreens, or cilantro.

See, I didn’t have to write a 7 paragraph story before you could get to the recipe and waste all your time. It’s so easy. Enjoy this recipe. Thanks for reading.