Olive oil confit of chicken

Olive oil confit of chicken recipe

If you want to try a new way to cook chicken, this Spanish olive oil confit chicken recipe is the one for you! When you cook meat in a lot of oil, the result is a more tender, moist meat and with an incredible taste from the oil.

This technique makes the chicken fat to melt inside the meat and all the juices remain in it. Confit is mostly done with duck meat, but with chicken the results are equally amazing.

Good quality ingredients are key for this dish to come out great. And since Spanish olive oil is the best –because it comes from the leading producer- and it has a delicious taste, using it in this olive oil confit chicken recipe will up your results. Guaranteed!

Usually, the chicken legs are the most used part for making confit. So you can buy chicken legs, but it is also fine if you use a whole chicken and cut it in different pieces. The result will be just as tasty.

How to make Spanish olive oil confit chicken:

1. Cut the chicken into legs, breast, wings, leaving bones in all pieces. Trim any excess of fat. If you choose to buy just chicken legs, skip this step.
2. Start the oven at 275º F and prepare a large baking dish.
3. While the oven is heating, add salt and pepper to the chicken. Then, cook it for a few minutes in a pan with some olive oil from Spain until the meat looks golden brown.
4. Put the chicken in the baking dish and add the Spanish EVOO until the chicken is completely submerged in it. You may need the full 4 cups, maybe a little more or maybe a little less.
5. Add the bay leaf, the rosemary, the peeled garlic cloves –whole-, the carrots, the orange peel and some black peppercorns. Mix everything in the baking dish.
6. Cook in the oven for about 3 hours.
7. Let it cool down for a bit, take the chicken out of the oil and serve.

Source: Daniel Olivella

It’s not so difficult, see? You just need some patience to make this Spanish olive oil confit chicken recipe to happen. Try it and you won’t regret it.

You can serve it with mashed potatoes, some roasted rosemary potatoes or maybe something lighter like a quinoa and vegetable salad that you can learn how to make in this video: