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Posts tagged “roast chicken”

Tell Us: Favorite Uses for a Store-Bought Roast Chicken?

We love roasting whole chickens. They're so economical and satisfying, and they never fail to impress whoever is sitting around the table. Still, we can't deny the ease of a store-bought bird every on...

Survey: How Do You Roast Your Chicken?

Roasting a whole chicken is about the chickeniest thing we can think to do with a bird. It's not the easiest, though (getting the skin crisp, keeping the meat moist...) And there are many, many method...

Times Top 5: Michelle Obama Wants Healthy Food for All
From The New York Times Dining Section 03.11.09

It's easy for the Obamas to eat fresh vegetables at home; they have a White House chef catering to their every whim. But Michelle Obama is tackling healthy eating as part of her agenda, and she's push...

Tip: Finishing Undercooked Chicken Breasts in the Oven

If there's a hang-up with roast chicken, it's usually that the breast meat gets too dry before the whole bird is finished cooking. But we often have the opposite problem, pulling the chicken out when ...

From the Files: Roast Chicken!

Roast chicken may be the most quintessential piece of home cooking that we know. That savory roasting smell, the ease of slipping a bird into the oven, the juicy meat and warm bread and vegetables tha...

Kitchen Hack: Blow-Dry Your Chicken Before Roasting

We came across this strange yet sensible tip over at the blog Domestigeek, and we're curious if anyone has tried it! Since you get the best and crispiest chicken skin when the chicken has been thoroug...

Survey: Do You Disable Your Smoke Alarm When You Cook?

Like many apartment dwellers, we have a flimsy microwave fan above our stovetop. It does nothing to suck away the smoke that comes with browning chicken breasts over high heat. If we roast a chicken i...

Lemon Roasted Chicken: Lemon Inside or Out?

Pardon the very clinical photos of raw chicken - but hey! That's cooking - we figure you know by now. Roast chicken is an easy way to make a really good meal in almost no time. It was our introducti...