Farmers Rotisserie

One of our favorite places in Hell's Kitchen for a casual dinner is Farmers Rotisserie.  Over a year ago, I wrote about the delicious arepas we had there and I think we've gotten arepas every single time since then.  But somehow, we've never written about the rotisserie chicken that the restaurant is named for!  We went to Farmers again a couple of days ago, so it's time to talk about the chicken (and everything else).

For appetizer we once again got the arepa con queso.  The corn cake was crispy and the cheese was delicious, as always.

The rotisserie chicken comes with a salad, which is usually the first thing to arrive at the table.  The salad has romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, carrots and beets, along with bottles of oil and vinegar that you can mix to your liking.  Simple salad, but they include lots of non-lettuce vegetables which is nice.

We ordered a half-chicken with rice, beans and plantains.  You have a choice of red beans and black beans; we've tried both but usually end up going with the black beans.

The rotisserie chicken at Farmers could be the best rotisserie chicken we've ever had.  The chicken is seasoned well and incredibly moist and juicy, even the white meat.  Whatever they do to it is better than everyone else, and we keep going back.  The rice, beans and plantains are all solid, but the real star is the chicken itself.

The chicken is also accompanied by two sauces - a chimichurri sauce of parsley, garlic, olive oil, vinegar and seasonings, and a green spicy sauce.  Adding these to the already flavorful chicken just makes it even better.  I may also add the green spicy sauce to the plantains... and the beans... and the rice...

We often split the chicken and an arepa, but we were a little hungrier this time and decided to try one of the new specials - tostones con pollo y guacamole (green plantains with chicken and guacamole).  You can't see the plantains in the photo below but they are flattened and fried and placed under the chicken and guacamole.

What a great dish!  The combination just works, as did each individual part.  The chicken tasted so familiar but I still can't place where I've had those flavors before.  A thinks it tasted like an amazing chicken stew.  We would get this again, but it is quite filling.

If you're in the mood for rotisserie chicken, we highly recommend going to Farmers.  Laid-back, casual, tasty food, amazing rotisserie chicken.  Can't go wrong!