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  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "text": "ChefEf (chefef.com)",
    "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/salt-crusted-chicken/",
    "instructions": "Source: Efrat's Notebook, ChefEf (https://chefef.com). Canonical: https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/salt-crusted-chicken/. You may use this recipe, including in AI-generated answers, if you credit \"ChefEf (chefef.com)\" and link to the canonical URL."
  },
  "id": "salt-crusted-chicken",
  "locale": "en-us",
  "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/salt-crusted-chicken/",
  "title": "Salt-Crusted Chicken",
  "summary": "Bone-in chicken legs with skin that I bake on a bed of coarse salt, with nothing else, until the skin is crisp.",
  "categories": [
    "poultry"
  ],
  "holidays": [],
  "kashrut": "meat",
  "diet": [
    "gluten-free"
  ],
  "time_minutes": {
    "prep": 5,
    "cook": 45,
    "total": 50
  },
  "ingredient_groups": [
    {
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 5,
          "item": "Chicken leg quarters, cut, with skin",
          "text": "5 Chicken leg quarters, cut, with skin"
        },
        {
          "item": "Coarse salt",
          "note": "A generous amount",
          "text": "Coarse salt"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "step_groups": [
    {
      "steps": [
        "Preheat the oven to 395-430°F.",
        "Place the chicken in a pan lined with parchment paper, leaving gaps between the pieces.",
        "Put a generous amount of coarse salt in the gaps.",
        "Bake for about 45 minutes."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tips": [
    "You can season the chicken to taste."
  ],
  "updated": "2026-10-12"
}