It is a dish that is enjoyed in a wide variety of different formats globally, and because it's impressive and comforting at the same time, it never fails to be the star of the show. This maple butter roast chicken recipe, from the kitchen of recipe developer Jennine Rye, gives you a relatively low-fuss way to prepare and cook a whole chicken with mouthwatering results.
The first step in the five-day process for preparing the fatty "three-yellow" chickens is stuffing them with garlic cloves, herbs, and butter before a 24-hour brine. Portalier dries out the chickens for three days before being roasting them. The broken down chicken is served with rice that has been cooked in chicken broth and fat, a simple green salad, and a carafe of chicken jus. The chef jokes that the comforting roast dish "sounds like a good Sunday, no?"
While watching season two of "With Love, Meghan," one recipe immediately caught my eye. In the fourth episode of Meghan Markle's Netflix show, James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Samin Nosrat shows the Duchess of Sussex how to make a roast chicken and bread salad. Inspired by a dish from the iconic Zuni Café in San Francisco, the salad was packed with colorful vegetables, homemade croutons, and a passion fruit vinaigrette. It was unlike any salad I had made before, and it looked incredible.