3 crisp skin roast chicken potatoes Recipes

kosher salt , for brine (or 1/2 cup table salt), granulated sugar, roasting chickens, russet potatoes, peeled and sliced 1/8 to 1/4-inch thick (4 to 5 medium), vegetable oil cooking spray (nonstick ), olive oil, table salt (for potatoes), ground black pepper

fingerling potatoes, extra-virgin olive oil, salt and pepper, chopped fresh tarragon leaves or 2 tsp dried, chopped fresh chives or 1 tsp dried, chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, thick cod fillet, cut into 4 portions (buy thick center cuts of fillet for this dish rather than pieces which include thin ends to fillets), lemon, juiced, salt, extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling, whole grape tomatoes, flat-leaf parsley , a couple of handfuls, mint leaves , a handful, chicken stock, shallot or 1/2 large , coarsely chopped, salt and pepper, light in color and weight olive oil or vegetable oil, for frying, garlic , gently cracked from skin and very thinly sliced