Chef John's Broiled Chicken

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 small onion, sliced
• 1 (3 pound) whole chicken, cut in half, backbone removed
• salt as needed

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 40 mins


• set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• spread onion slices in a single layer on the bottom of a baking dish. season chicken with salt. place chicken halves, skin-side down, over onion rings.
• cook chicken in the preheated oven, turning every 7 minutes, until caramelized, no longer pink at the bone, and the juices run clear, about 30 minutes. an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 165 degrees f (74 degrees c).