Vinegar Chicken with Alabama White Sauce
A flavorful Southern-style chicken dish marinated in a spicy vinegar blend and served with a creamy Alabama white sauce. The chicken is first marinated for 12 hours, then cooked to perfection using a weighted pan-searing method before finishing in the oven.
Ingredients
- •2 cups distilled white vinegar
- •1 cup sunflower oil
- •¼ cup kosher salt
- •1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- •10 dashes Tabasco chipotle pepper sauce
- •1 tablespoon smoked sweet paprika
- •1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
- •4 cloves garlic
- •1 whole chicken
- •½ cup mayonnaise
- •¼ cup distilled white vinegar
- •1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
In a blender, combine the vinegar, 1 cup of the oil, salt, cayenne, chipotle pepper sauce, smoked paprika, black pepper, and garlic and blend until smooth. (Alternatively, you can use an immersion blender to blend the marinade.) Pour the marinade into a gallon-size plastic bag and toss in the chicken pieces. Marinate the chicken in the fridge for 12 hours.
720 min
- 2.
Preheat the oven to 425°F.
10 min
- 3.
Remove the chicken pieces from the marinade and pat them dry with paper towels.
5 min
- 4.
Pour 1/4 inch of oil into a large ovenproof skillet and heat over medium-high heat. Once the oil is hot, arrange the chicken in the skillet, skin side down. The chicken should fit snugly in one layer. Loosely place a square of parchment on top of the chicken and weight the chicken down with a medium ovenproof skillet or heavy pot. Allow the chicken to cook under the weight of the skillet undisturbed for 20 minutes.
20 min
- 5.
Take the skillet off the heat and carefully (it will be hot!) remove the top skillet (or heavy pot, if using). Flip the chicken, transfer the skillet to the oven, and roast until thethickest part of the thigh registers 165°F, 25 to 30 minutes.
30 min
- 6.
In a glass measuring cup, whisk together the mayonnaise, vinegar, and pepper. The white sauce should be thin and runny. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. You can keep any leftover sauce in the fridge for one week.
5 min
- 7.
Let the roasted chicken rest for 5 minutes. Arrange it on a platter. Spoon the sauce over the chicken and serve.
5 min