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After a long week, there's something nice about a Friday night at home. But being social creatures, we sometimes like to have company over for our nights in. Often tired to cook, we tend to turn to our trusty pile of takeout menus, but there's another option -- the roast chicken. The trick is to find a place along your commute home that makes juicy, tender rotisserie chickens. Our local favorite is Pio Maya, a taqueria that also has nicely spiced roast chickens, available whole, by the half or quarter, either by themselves or with sides, and served with a side of tangy hot sauce. Last Friday we grabbed a few roast chickens, knowing we had some leftover potatoes and green beans at home, and chowed down with some friends. Buying two whole chickens gave us plenty of great leftover meat for dinner and lunch this week (curried chicken salad, shredded chicken tossed in some soup, chicken burritos), and we'll pop the bones in the freezer for homemade stock.
Where do you go for roast chicken in your neck of the woods?
Pio Maya 40 West 8th Street, b/t 5th & 6th. (212) 254-2277
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El Malecon. I live uptown and go to the one at 175th and B'way, but there's one at 97th and Amsterdam as well.
Best in the city, bar none.
Another delicious El Malecon on Broadway near 231st St.
Any Midtown West suggestions? I've been craving a nice roast chicken recently...
The best roast chicken I have had is in my own kitchen. It is the one dish that is easy to make when you don't have any time... and that you can make in a new york apartment that has no space in the kitchen.
It only takes a little over an hour to cook an average sized bird. There are a million different recipes, but I like to make a paste of butter, olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper and fresh herbs and then put it under and on the skin. half way through cooking throw a few cut up onions in the baking pan. viola. I have never had a take out chicken as good as my own.
And if you have leftovers it is perfect for chicken salad, chicken tacos (cut up and recooked with garlic, onions, spices and water), etc.
Fairway has a great deal. If you bring your chicken to the deli counter you can get two sides for just $1 more. And they wrap the whole thing up which is nice since the chicken container tends to leak a bit.
flor de mayo on 81st and amsterdam, pio pio on 90-something and 1st. in brooklyn, cholita and mancora, both peruvian, make a good pollo a la brasa.
The Chirping Chicken in the Grand Central Dining Area is really good, but of course, like anything in midtown, nicely overpriced.
For about the past year or so, my gf and I have enjoyed the roast chickens prepared by Agata & Valentina at 1st/79th. We recently sampled Fresh Direct's, and it was a cut above...very juicy and nicely herbed. Bon appetit!
I'm with Jeff on this one. It's incredibly easy to roast a chicken or two at home. Plus, who knows where those rotisserie chix come from. Tyson? Yick.
Double plus: You get the added benefit of filling your apartment with the aroma of roasted bird. And that'll really impress your guests.
go to LA VEGA at Lorimer and Grand.
6.50 gets you a whole chicken, extremely tasty, well spiced and salty!
what Laren, no love for Pio Maya with an address or phone #? they just opened and the place is almost always empty. they do great things and i hope they make it. 40 West 8th Street, b/t 5th & 6th. (212) 254-2277.
also Adam, where do you think your basic supermarket chickens come from, the wild?
LA VEGA is da champ on this category. trust me, Ecusdorian, dominican, ricans all agree round here on this joint! bring it home with some rice, a side of beans and some reggaeton in the background....you're set boy!!!!
Lorimer and Grand in w/burg
Mikey: No. I'm under the impression that basic supermarket chickens come from megahuge chicken farms, where the birds are pumped full of nasty stuff. That's why I avoid basic supermarket chickens.
Any good place to get BBQ chicken in Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill ?
Hate to pimp whole foods, but we have the best herb roasted chickens in the whole world. So, so good.
La Nueva Espana on 207 at Broadway... International House at 204th and Broadway is also good... La Malecon at 175th for the yummy sauce they give with it.
And roasting a chicken may be easy but when making a bunch of other dishes I often choose to buy a roast chicken just to cut down a bit on the cleanup time afterward.