Friday, March 6, 2015

How Dads Can Whip Up Great Roasted Chicken At Home

By Jason Glover


In today's modern family, many moms and dads are working full-time jobs. Plus, in some households the mother works and the father spends more time at home with the children. This can create many situations where men need to fix a meal and it needs to be nutritious and relatively simple to prepare. Here are some examples of easy roasted chicken recipes that most men can fix without problems.

Before beginning your roasted chicken recipes, you need to buy a chicken and the cheapest is not always the best. To prepare a great tasting chicken, consider a visit to a local meat market or a shop that has quality meat. You will pay more for these chickens, but they will taste better and be tenderer than most bargain chickens you find today.

Dads that cook need to understand the importance of preparation for roasting chickens. If you cook a frozen, cold, or wet bird, you are likely to end up with a chicken that is done is some places and raw in others, and no one wants this. To get an evenly cooked chicken, let it sit out of the fridge for thirty minutes, then dry it with paper towels. You don't need to stick the chicken underneath the kitchen faucet.

Once your bird is prepared, it's time to season, and make sure the oven is preheated to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. If you would like to prepare lemon roasted chicken, put salt and pepper on the chicken (garlic is optional), slice a lemon, and place it inside the cavity. Close the cavity with toothpicks and tie the legs together, with twine or dental floss.

Put your chicken in the roasting pan breast side up and every 15 or 20 minutes, remove and baste. If you don't have a baster, you can use a large spoon or perhaps a ladle. Basting keeps the chicken moist and prevents the meat from getting too dry.

A lot of dads cooking roasted chicken are pressed for time, so you might want to invest in some inexpensive roasting bags from the grocery store. Just look for the aluminum foil and the bags should be somewhere nearby. Roasting bags are easy to use and will lower total cooking time, because there is no need to open and close the oven for basting.

Uncooked chicken can make you ill, so you need to test it to be sure it is done. The most effective way is to use a meat thermometer. Stick the thermometer in the thigh meat and it should be at least 170 degrees. If not, place it back in the oven for a few more minutes. Once done, let it sit for about 15 minutes before serving.




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