Roasted Chicken & Mixed Mushrooms

with Crispy Rosemary-Orange Salad & Chipotle Pan Sauce

Roasted Chicken & Mixed Mushrooms

with Crispy Rosemary-Orange Salad & Chipotle Pan Sauce

Get ready—tonight’s dinner is adapted from the winning dish seen in Bravo’s Top Chef Season 13 finale! The recipe was created by contestant Jeremy Ford, Executive Chef of the Matador Room at Miami Beach’s EDITION Hotel. You’ll use bright, fresh orange to cut the richness of chicken thighs—pan-seared for tasty, crackling skin, then roasted with button-topped cremini and ruffled maitake mushrooms. A spectacular chipotle pan sauce brings it all together with plenty of spicy, smoky flavor. (Be sure to use only as much of the hot chipotle pepper in adobo sauce as you’d like!) Our thanks to Bravo’s Top Chef and Jeremy Ford for the opportunity to share this incredible dish with our home chefs.

40 minutes

Ingredients

2 Bone-In, Skin-On Chicken Thighs
4 oz Cremini Mushrooms
2 oz Maitake Mushrooms
1 Navel Orange
1/2 Collard Greens
1 Rosemary
2 tbsp Crème Fraîche
2 tbsp Sherry Vinegar
1 Chipotle Pepper In Adobo Sauce

Instructions

Prepare the ingredients:

Preheat the oven to 475°F. Wash and dry the fresh produce. Pick the rosemary leaves off the stems; discard the stems. Cut the mushrooms into bite-sized pieces. Remove and discard the collard green stems; thinly slice. Using a peeler, remove the orange rind, avoiding the pith; mince the rind to get 2 teaspoons of zest (or use a zester). Remove and discard the pith; small dice the orange, discarding any seeds. Finely chop the chipotle pepper; thoroughly wash your hands, knife and cutting board immediately afterwards.

Fry the rosemary:

In a large pan, heat a thin layer of oil on medium until hot. Add the rosemary and cook, stirring occasionally, 30 seconds to 1 minute, or until crispy and fragrant. Turn off the heat. Carefully transfer the fried rosemary to a paper towel-lined plate, leaving the oil in the pan.

Cook the chicken & mushrooms:

Pat the chicken dry with paper towels; season with salt and pepper on both sides. Heat the pan of reserved oil on medium-high until hot. Add the seasoned chicken, skin sides down; cook 6 to 8 minutes on the first side, or until browned. Transfer, skin sides up, to a sheet pan, leaving any browned bits (or fond) in the pan on the stove. Place the mushrooms on the sheet pan; drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast 22 to 24 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the mushrooms are browned.

Cook the collard greens:

Once the chicken and mushrooms have roasted for about 15 minutes, heat the pan of reserved fond on medium-high until hot. Add the collard greens, orange zest, half the orange and ¼ cup of water; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, 4 to 6 minutes, or until the collard greens have wilted and the water has cooked off. Transfer to a bowl and set aside in a warm place.

Make the pan sauce:

In the pan used to cook the collard greens, combine the vinegar, half the crème fraîche and ¼ cup of water. Gradually add as much of the chipotle pepper as you’d like (tasting as you go), depending on how spicy you’d like the dish to be; season with salt and pepper. Cook on medium-high, stirring frequently, 2 to 3 minutes, or until slightly thickened. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Make the orange salad & plate your dish:

In a bowl, combine the remaining orange and fried rosemary; drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Spread a layer of the remaining crème fraîche onto the sides of 2 dishes. Divide the cooked collard greens and roasted chicken and mushrooms between the dishes. Top with the orange salad. Serve with as much of the pan sauce as you’d like, depending on how spicy you’d like the dish to be. Enjoy!