weeknight easy chicken landscapes

Chicken is so luscious and satisfying as a meal, not to mention cheap enough to make multiple times a week.  Then of course you get to make stock for soups, stews and risotto with the bones.  Win/wn

Happy was I to find yet another way to cook it; one so easy and so super tasty that it's become my go-to chicken when I don't want to do the whole chicken roasting thing, or a long drawn out braise or the drama of frying.

My new meme is from a NYtimes cooking recipe, and it's killer simple, can be made in 15 mins flat and I guarantee it will be about the most interesting tasting chicken you've ever tried.

Fast broil Devil chicken

Simple simple simple

#1 Get a bunch of bone-in thighs or leg segments.  Salt and pepper to taste

Then make up this easy potion:

1/3 cup dijon mustard
1/3 cup of finely diced, almost minced onions  (sweet, red, shallots, scallions -  your choice)
2 tables spoons honey
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon smoky paprika
1/4 teaspoon cayenne

fork it violently to blend.

Heat your broiler to full on.

when it's hot, place the chicken on foil into the broiler, skin side up

cooke for 6-8 miuntes until you have a nice light browning going on.

Flip the chicken and apply about a teaspoon of your devil potion per piece and put it back in hte broiler

cooke 6-8 minutes till you have a golden red crust

flip the chicken yet again and heavily coat the topside and then back into the broiler for an additional 6-8 minutes

Done, it's as simple as that.   A crackly hot/spicy outer layer and super tender juicy on the inside.  This is the real thing.

Serve with, well, I like Mashed potatoes a lot (here my grandma's recipe).

Devil chicken  mountains plus cloud-like mash potatoes with a hovering ghostly moon wine glass.