# Skillet Roasted Chicken | Made In - Made In

From renowned food stylist and recipe developer Melina Hammer, this seasonal, schmaltzy, and flavorful roasted chicken tastes just as good as it looks.

“We should all aspire to make a phenomenal roast chicken,” writes award-winning food stylist and recipe developer Melina Hammer. Originally published in  her cookbook [_A Year at Catbird Cottage_](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781984859709), this roast chicken is her Platonic ideal, with burnished crispy skin, tender and flavorful interiors, and only one pan (a dependable do-it-all [Skillet](https://madeincookware.com/products/cast-iron-skillet/ash-grey)) required to achieve it.

Melina forages hen of the woods mushrooms in the environs near Catbird Cottage, but you’re more than welcome to swap in non-foraged fungi like maitake. Whatever you do, don’t skip the stovetop searing. “As a food stylist I go to great lengths to achieve the perfect bronzed roast bird, propping it up along the side of the pan so all parts connect with the hot surface,” says Melina. “While it is admittedly a bit of effort, the results are an evenly golden roast chicken, which everyone loves.”

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