This Buttermilk Roasted Chicken Dinner is one of my favorite home cooked meals. Chicken marinates in a simple marinade of buttermilk, garlic and rosemary for a few days before roasting with buttery Yukon potatoes. This recipe yields the moistest chicken with most incredibly flavor.
Marinating chicken in buttermilk does incredible things. Besides adding deliciously distinct flavor, buttermilk is also acts as a tenderizer therefore yielding extremely moist chicken. This recipe is rustic and simple and although you need to plan a few days in advance, the whole thing comes together rather simply. Plan on needing 2 days at the very least to marinate the chicken. But I promise you the results will be worth the wait.
To Make The Marinade for the Buttermilk Roasted Chicken You Will Need:
- whole cut up chicken
- fresh garlic
- rosemary
- kosher salt
- black pepper
- olive oil
- honey
- buttermilk
For this recipe, I use a whole cut up chicken. Depending on the brand, I look for a package that has a few breasts, thighs and drumsticks. However you could do this with all bone in, skin on breasts. Or a combination of thighs and drumsticks.
Divide the chicken among 2 gallon size resealable bags that are set into a pan.
To each bag add 4 smashed and peeled cloves of garlic, 1 tablespoon minced rosemary, 1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, 1/2 teaspoon coarse black pepper, 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon honey.
Pour in 1 tablespoon olive oil in each bag.
A tablespoon of honey per bag.
And then pour in 1 cup of buttermilk in each bag.
Squeeze out as much air as possible and then massage the chicken in the buttermilk marinade. To avoid any leaks, I place each bag of chicken in a second ziplock bag.
Lay the bags of chicken flat and refrigerate for 48 hours. Twice a day, flip and massage the chicken through the bag.
48 Hours Later…
To Make The Buttermilk Roasted Chicken Dinner You Will Need:
- buttermilk marinated chicken
- baby Yukon gold potatoes
- butter
- olive oil
- kosher salt
- black pepper
- 1/2 a lemon
- minced parsley or fresh thyme leaves, for serving
Remove the chicken from your fridge about 30 minutes prior to baking.
Use tongs to remove the buttermilk chicken from the bags and place on a wire rack set over a rimmed baking sheet. This will allow any excess buttermilk to drip off of the chicken.
Meanwhile, preheat your oven to 400℉ (200℃).
Spray a large deep sided roasting pan (this is a half size cake pan) with olive oil. Arrange the chicken and add 1-1/4 pound Yukon gold potato halves. Sprinkle with kosher salt and black pepper.
In a small sauce pan, melt 1 tablespoon butter with 1 tablespoon olive oil and drizzle over the chicken and potatoes.
Roast the buttermilk chicken and potatoes on the middle rack of your preheated oven for 45 minutes. Baste the chicken with the pan juices and rotating the pan halfway through.
Reduce the heat to 350° and continue to bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
The skin is so crispy and delicious!
Transfer the chicken and potatoes to plates or a large platter. Squeeze the juice of 1/2 a lime into the pan drippings, stir and spoon over the chicken and potatoes.
Garnish with minced parsley or fresh thyme leaves and prepare your tastebuds for the most delicious buttermilk roasted chicken!
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Buttermilk Roasted Chicken Dinner
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken, cut up (see notes)
- 8 cloves garlic, smashed and peeled
- 2 tablespoons rosemary, minced
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper, coarse freshly ground
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoon honey
- 2 cups buttermilk
- olive oil spray
- 1½ pounds potatoes, yellow, white or red - halved
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 medium lemon, juiced
- parsley, mince, for garnish
Instructions
TWO DAYS BEFORE:
- Divide the cut up chicken among 2 gallon size re-sealable bags.
- To each bag, add 4 cloves garlic, 1 tablespoon minced rosemary, 1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, 1/2 teaspoon coarse black pepper, 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon honey.
- Lastly, pour 1 cup buttermilk into each bag. Press or squeeze out as much air as possible and massage the buttermilk mixture into the chicken. Add the bag into a second gallon size bag (just to avoid any leaks) and place flat into a pan.
- Refrigerate for 48 hours, squeezeing and massaging the chicken through the bag every 8 hours or at least twice a day.
DAY OF:
- Preheat your oven to 400℉ (200℃).
- Use tongs to remove the chicken from the bags and place on a wire rack set over a rimmed sheet pan to drain.
- Spray a large, deep-sided roasting pan with olive oil (I like to use a half sheet cake pan - but a sheet pan should work too). Arrange the chicken pieces in the pan and scatter the potates around each piece..
- In a small saucepan, melt the butter with the olive oil and pour over top of the chicken and potatoes.
- Roast on the middle rack of your oven for 45 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven and baste the chicken with the drippings in the pan. Reduce the oven temperature to 350° and rotate the pan before sliding the pan back into the oven to bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Transfer the chicken and potatoes to a platter and cover losely with foil to keep warm.
- Squeeze the lemon into the pan juices and pour overtop of the roasted chicken and potatoes. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.
Notes
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Hi there! I just discovered your recipes and they look scrumptious. Quick question on the buttermilk chicken. My kids won’t eat chicken on the bone, can I use chicken breasts? And if so how would the cooking change?
Thanks!
I would like to know this as well!
You can use bone-in split breast with the same cook time & then slide of the bone after cooking. That is what I do for picky kids.