View our collection of baked and roasted chicken recipes that are easy to prepare. Weeknights can be hectic enough, without adding on feeding the troops. But a delicious chicken dinner shared by the family is a great way to reconnect.
There is nothing more tempting than a nicely roasted chicken with crispy browned skin. A well roasted chicken is sure to be the center of attention on your table at dinner time. Moist and juicy meat covered by a flavorful golden brown skin is hard to resist. Seasoned with a combination of your favorite herbs or basted with a delicious sauce, it is sure to provide a meal worth remembering.
Cooked and served in a clay pot, which maintains moistness in the meat during baking and retains heat while serving, this succulent, tender chicken is irresistible.
The citrusy blend of lemon and lime is an ideal counterpoint to the richness of succulent grill-roasted chicken. Brining is optional, but is well worth the time--it practically guarantees moist flavorful meat.
Butterflying (splitting and flattening) the chicken allows it to roast in half the time of whole chicken without losing any of the delicious flavor and crispy skin that makes roast chicken everybody's favorite. The butterflying process is easy to do and takes only a few minutes and a sturdy scissors. Use whatever herbs are available: tarragon, rosemary and thyme are especially tasty.
Barbecued chicken on the grill has always been a favorite summertime food, but when improperly grilled, it can make your backyard cookout anything but memorable. This informative video demonstration shows you the secret to grilling up perfect barbecued chicken every time.
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts can be pounded thin and used for countless chicken recipes including this one: Classic Chicken Marsala. There are many different versions of this flavorful chicken recipe, but one ingredient that is essential in all versions is Marsala wine, which is a Sicilian fortified wine with a distinctive sweet flavor that is difficult to duplicate using other ingredients as substitutions.
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For general guidelines on rotisserie grilling, see Rotisserie Grilling Basics.
Rotisserie cooking is a great method to use for preparing chicken.
Grilling is a cooking method that uses dry heat that quickly cooks the surface and then slowly moves to the middle of the meat. Grilling infuses the chicken with a smoky flavor from the meat juices that drip during the grilling process.
Grilling Beer Can Chicken | Roasting Beer Can Chicken | Beer Can Chicken Tips
Beer can chicken is a great way to prepare a whole chicken. Although the beer can chicken can be cooked in the oven, it is especially flavorful when done out on a grill where it takes on that smoky grilled flavor.
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Rotisserie cooking is a great method to use for preparing chicken.
Cleaning
If the chicken was frozen, be sure it is completely thawed. Remove the fresh or thawed chicken from its package.
Generally, a whole chicken will contain a giblet package that needs to be removed from its cavity, unless it was previously removed during thawing.