How to prepare Miso Chicken

 Miso Chicken

TIME : 45 Minutes 

A simple midweek dinner can be greatly enhanced in flavor by combining unsalted butter with the salty, fungus-flavored Japanese miso paste. In this instance, the mixture is applied on chicken thighs before they are roasting to a golden perfection. However, you may also use it on potatoes, maize, fish, or flounder. White miso, which is milder than the red miso that has matured, is what is called for in the recipe. Red, though, would undoubtedly produce a more intense result.

INGREDIENTS

Yield:

4 servings

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

½ cup white miso

2 tablespoons honey

1 tablespoon rice vinegar (do not use seasoned rice vinegar)

Black pepper, to taste

8 skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs, approximately 2½ to 3 pounds

PREPARATION

Step 1

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Combine butter, miso, honey, rice vinegar and black pepper in a large bowl and mix with a spatula or spoon until it is well combined.

Step 2

Add chicken to the bowl and massage the miso-butter mixture all over it. Place the chicken in a single layer in a roasting pan and slide it into the oven. Roast for 30 to 40 minutes, turning the chicken pieces over once or twice, until the skin is golden brown and crisp, and the internal temperature of the meat is 160 to 165 degrees.