Crispy Skin Chicken Breasts with Escarole and White Beans

Cover beans with boiling water and soak them for 1 hour. Rinse and add to a medium pot with rosemary, onion and bay leaf. Cover beans with a couple of inches of water and bring to boil. Reduce heat to keep beans at a low, rolling boil and cook until tender, 30-40 minutes. Drain and discard rosemary stem, onion and bay.

Combine half the garlic and all of the herbs in a small bowl. Loosen the skin from the chicken and rub spices across the breast meat. Replace skin and season with salt and pepper.

Warm a serving platter in oven.

Add a turn of the pan of olive oil to a cast-iron skillet. Place chicken skin-side down in the cold pan then turn on heat to medium high. Weigh down the chicken breasts with another heavy skillet or a weighted skillet. Cook 12 minutes then turn chicken and cook 6 minutes more. Add wine to pan to pick up drippings and remove to warm platter with pan juice.

Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to skillet, a turn of the pan. Reduce heat a bit, add onions and remaining garlic and stir to soften 7-8 minutes. Add crushed pepper flakes, stir, then wilt in escarole. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Add stock and beans, and simmer a few minutes. Douse with lemon juice.

Serve the beans and greens in shallow bowls and top with a piece of crispy chicken.