I have a Dacor range. It is the 30″ model bought second hand on craigslist. The oven heats up very fast and during the preheat all of the electric elements come on along with the gas fired broiler. It generally takes 3 or 4 minutes to reach 425 degrees.
Last night the local grocery had bone-in chicken breasts on sale with the skins. A package of three for five dollars. I seasoned the breasts with some olive oil, steak spice, salt, pepper and paprika. Then placed them skin side up on a small frying pan – than stuck the pan in the COLD oven.
I set the oven to 400 degrees and the timer for 35 minutes. The broiler came on for the preheat period and seared the skin locking in the juices and making a delicious brown skin with slight blackened flecks.
A couple of potatoes likewise swirled in olive oil and salt were placed in the oven at the same time as the chicken. The potatoes would take about 5 minutes longer than the chicken but that was OK.
The result was delicious – the best chicken I ave had in a few months. And, the entire cooking effort took maybe 2 minutes. Perfect.
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