Chicken alla Diavola
- 1/2 cup white wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoons dried oregano
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Two 3- to 3 1/4-pound chickens
- 2 teaspoons dried sage
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon piment d' Espelette or Aleppo pepper, or 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- In a small jar, combine the white wine vinegar with the dried oregano.
- Cover and let stand at room temperature for 2 days.
- Strain the oregano-infused vinegar into a small bowl and stir in the olive oil.
- Using kitchen shears, remove the wing tips and the backbones from the chickens.
- Set the chickens on a large rimmed baking sheet, skin side up, and press down firmly on the breastbones to flatten them so that the legs face the breasts.
- Score each breast, drumstick, thigh and wing halfway to the bone in two places per part.
- Drizzle all but 2 tablespoons of the vinegar-oil mixture over both sides of the chickens and rub the mixture into the meat.
- Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- In a small bowl, combine the dried sage with the kosher salt, piment d' Espelette, dried rosemary and ground black pepper.
- Rub the seasoning all over the chickens.
- Let the seasoned chickens stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 425.
- Roast the chickens in the upper third of the oven, skin side up, basting both chickens with the remaining vinegar-oil mixture half way through, until the chicken is just cooked, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 165, about 45 minutes.
- Preheat the broiler.
- Pour the pan juices into a small saucepan.
- Broil the chickens about 4 inches from the heat, rotating the pan, until browned and crisp, about 3 minutes.
- Carve the chickens.
- Reheat the pan juices and serve with the chicken.
white wine vinegar, oregano, extravirgin olive oil, chickens, sage, kosher salt, piment, rosemary, freshly ground black pepper
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chicken-alla-diavola (may not work)