Hot Sauce ButterRoasted Chicken with Potatoes
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 cup hot sauce, such as Franks RedHot
- Kosher salt
- Pepper
- 2 pounds baby red and Yukon Gold potatoes
- 6 large shallots, halved lengthwise
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- One 4-pound whole chicken
- Preheat the oven to 450.
- In a small bowl, blend the butter, hot sauce and 1 teaspoon each of salt and pepper.
- Refrigerate until spreadable, 10 minutes.
- Wrap the center pillar of a 10-inch Bundt pan with foil.
- In a bowl, toss the potatoes and shallots with the olive oil and season generously with salt and pepper.
- Add to the pan.
- Run your fingers under the breast and thigh skin of the chicken to loosen.
- Spread the butter under the skin, over the breast and thighs.
- Season with salt and pepper and perch on the pan by inserting the center pillar into the cavity.
- Roast the chicken in the center of the oven for about 1 hour, until browned and an instant-read thermometer inserted in the inner thigh registers 155.
- Transfer to a carving board and let rest for 15 minutes.
- Carve the chicken and serve with the potatoes and shallots.
unsalted butter, hot sauce, kosher salt, pepper, baby red, shallots, extravirgin olive oil, chicken
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/hot-sauce-butter-roasted-chicken-potatoes (may not work)