Stovetop Roast Chicken with Sake Glaze

Name: Stovetop Roast Chicken with Sake Glaze
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 3 1/2 pounds, bone-in, skin-on chicken pieces (breasts, thighs, and drumsticks, or a mix, with breasts cut in half), trimmed of excess fat (see note); , Salt and ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil; 1 - 1 1/4 cups, low-sodium chicken broth; 3 tablespoons, sugar; 3 tablespoons, soy sauce; 1 teaspoon, cornstarch; 3/4 cup, sake; 2 tablespoons, cold unsalted butter; 2 tablespoons, thinly sliced scallion greens

Main Courses
Chicken
Weeknight

Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2008, America's Test Kitchen TV

One skillet and a trick from Chinese cookery were all we needed to produce the speediest crisp and juicy roast chicken that never saw the inside of an oven.

SERVES 4

TIME 55 minutes

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