Peruvian-style roast chicken from The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science (page 598) by J. Kenji López-Alt

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Accompaniments: Peruvian-style spicy jalapeño sauce

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  • zoelaz on March 16, 2026

    Love this recipe! Made it with potatoes tucked under the chicken, and a cucumber salad on the side

  • francisfrancis on January 28, 2026

    Spice paste and sauce both come together quickly. Served with beans, sweet potatos, and salad… green sauce was incredible over everything.

  • czalikowski on January 05, 2026

    Accidentally smeared the spice paste onto the outside of the chicken in addition to between the skin and the breast, which burned- but even still the flavoring of this chicken is incredible. And comes together fast enough that I was able to cook it on a weeknight.

  • hirsheys on March 30, 2025

    Tasty - the whole chicken wasn’t necessary though (and 145 was too low for the temp in the breast for me). Next time, I’d use this paste on thighs only and make the green sauce again. Made it with garlic rice.

  • BadSuzanna on March 07, 2022

    Very good. Used chicken thighs. Needed to use broiler at the end to crisp the skin. Green sauce was a must have accompaniment. Will be good for meal prep.

  • jrmisener on January 27, 2022

    used half smoked and half regular paprika; flavor was fantastic and chicken was very moist! definitely recommend pairing with the green sauce.

  • averythingcooks on January 15, 2022

    This is a really good way to flavour a flattened chicken. He does just say "paprika" and I have 3 to choose from so I used a mix of Spanish smoked paprikas (sweet & hot). We certainly liked it and the suggested creamy green sauce is awesome. I will make this again for sure.

  • bskj123 on February 10, 2021

    I thought this chicken recipe was great! Especially with the creamy cilantro sauce.

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