Tomato Chicken Confit
Elevate your chicken dishes with this easy and flavorful Chicken Confit recipe, featuring simple ingredients like chicken thighs, garlic, cherry tomatoes, rosemary, thyme, and olive oil. Perfect for dinner parties, this make-ahead dish delivers tender, juicy, and aromatic results that will impress your guests.
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Equipment
- baking dish
Ingredients
- 6 whole chicken legs drumstick and thigh together
- 3 tablespoon salt
- black pepper
- 5-10 garlic cloves
- 3 rosemary sprigs
- 5 thyme sprigs
- 2 bay leaves
- 8 oz cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes
- 4 cups olive oil
Instructions
- Prepare the chicken a day ahead: In baking dish, layer the chicken legs and season with 2 tablespoons salt, rosemary, bay leaves , and garlic. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 12-24 hours. This will dry brine the chicken making it so flavorful and tender.
- Cook the chicken: When ready to cook the chicken, preheat oven to 300F. Add the cherry tomatoes to the baking dish, nestled in between the chicken legs. Pour the olive oil over the chicken, making sure that most of the chicken is submerged. Cook in the oven for about 2 hours until the chicken is tender.
- Serve: Transfer the chicken legs to a serving platter, add the tomatoes and garlic and pour over some of the oil.
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Notes
- Optional step for crispy skin: if you want crispy skin, heat up a pan on medium high heat and with tongs, carefully place chicken skin side down, about 5 minutes until brown. Then flip your chicken to heat the other side.
- Save the reserved oil: strain the oil and keep in the refrigerator. It’s liquid gold. You can use it to cook vegetables, eggs, make an aioli, anything really! Your food will be infused with the delicious flavors of the chicken, herbs, and tomatoes.
Nutrition
Calories: 1560kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 165g | Saturated Fat: 26g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 19g | Monounsaturated Fat: 114g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 120mg | Sodium: 3604mg | Potassium: 361mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 345IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 2mg
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