Impressive Chicken Recipes: A recipe is impressive when its result is visibly, measurably better than what a guest expected. Spatchcock Chicken under a brick, Peruvian Pollo a la Brasa, Moroccan Preserved Lemon Roast. The impression comes from the technique, not the presentation.
What Makes a Chicken Recipe Impressive
According to Coco, the most impressive chicken dishes are impressive because of what they did to the chicken, not because of what they put on top of it. Crispy skin across the entire surface of a spatchcocked bird. The smokiness of a properly marinated Pollo a la Brasa. These do not require plating skill.