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Chicken Under a Skillet with Lemon Pan Sauce

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Photo by Alex Lau, Styling by Claire Saffitz

Butterflying and flattening the bird might feel like chicken chiropractory, but it's all in the name of crisp golden chicken skin, and what more noble cause could there be? The flatter the chicken, the more contact with the cast-iron pan and the more crackly skin to enjoy at the end.

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