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Chicken Under a Brick in a Hurry

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Crispy chicken thigh topped with pesto sauce on a plate
Photo by Chelsie Craig, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich

Getting your chicken super juicy on the inside and extra crispy on the outside requires one simple tool (that’s the brick part) and a few helpful techniques. If you don’t want to get your hands messy (we get it), ask your butcher to remove the bones from four chicken thighs, leaving the skin intact. Position the skin-on, boneless thighs close to each other in the pan so that each brick sits on top of two pieces while they cook.

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