Crisp Chicken With Garlic

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 garlic cloves
• 1 1/2 tablespoons black peppercorns, crushed
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more
• salt, for seasoning
• 1 cup fresh cilantro leaf, plus
• 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped leaves for garnish
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, plus extra
• extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling
• 4 boneless chicken breast halves, skin on, about 2 . 5 lbs
• 2 tomatoes, large, cut into wedges
• 1 scallion, and green part, chopped
• 1 pinch sugar
• lime wedge, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 preheat broiler.
• 2 in a mini food processor, pulse the garlic with the cracked pepper and 2 teaspoons of salt until the garlic is minced.
• 3 add 1 cup of cilantro, lime juice, crushed red pepper and 1 tablespoons of the olive oil and pulse until a chunky paste forms.
• 4 rub the paste under the skin and all over the chicken breasts.
• 5 transfer the chicken to a baking sheet and let stand at room temperature for 10 minutes.
• 6 meanwhile, in a medium bowl, toss the tomatoes with the scallion and season with a pinch each of sugar and salt.
• 7 drizzle with olive oil and toss well.
• 8 season the chicken with salt.
• 9 set a rack in the oven 5 inches from the heat source.
• 10 broil the chicken, skin side down, for 6 minutes, then turn and broil 6 minutes longer, until the skin is crisp and the chicken is cooked through.
• 11 transfer the chicken to plates, garnish with the remaining 1 tablespoons of cilantro and the lime wedges and serve with the tomatoes.