How and how much to cook chicken
Educational Program Food / / December 19, 2019
How to cook chicken properly
- Frozen chicken is better to pre-defrost. Since the meat is cooked more evenly and faster.
- If there is no time to defrost, pledge only frozen meat in cold water. Cooking time after boiling the water will have to be increased by 10-20 minutes depending on the size of the chicken.
- Before cooking, the meat need a good rinse under cold running water.
- If you need a rich chicken bouillonLays meat in cold water. It will give it its taste and aroma. And if you want chicken turned out juicy and delicious, put it in boiling water.
- For tasty broth add salt to the end of cooking, a tasty meat for - at the beginning.
- The water should completely cover the chicken. If you cook it whole, take a pot larger.
- Boil chicken need to moderate heat without a lid. In the cooking process must be removed to form foam.
- Meat can be aromatic, adding water into the bulb, bay leaf, ground black pepper and other seasonings. They need to be added when the water comes to a boil with the chicken.
- Old meat is cooked for longer than specified in the recommendations below. To expedite the process, prepare the old hen is not a whole, but only in parts. And the meat was softer, pre-marinate it in lemon juice for about an hour.
How to cook the chicken whole or in part
Cooking time is measured after boiling water with chicken.
To ensure availability of chicken, pierce it with a knife or fork. The devices must be easy to get into the meat as it is soft.
How to cook a whole chicken
The whole average carcass cooked for about 1 hour. If the chicken is large, the time will have to be increased by 20-30 minutes.
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How to cook chicken breasts
Breasts without bone and skin will be ready in about 15-20 minutes. In this case, better cut fillet in half or into large pieces. Breast bone and skin cooked a little longer - about 30 minutes.
How to cook chicken legs
Whole legs need to cook about 40 minutes. Bodryshki bone and skin are boiled for about 40 minutes, and shin - about 30 minutes. Fillet - 10-15 minutes less.
How to cook chicken wings
To cook the wings will leave 30-35 minutes.
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How to cook chicken giblets
Chicken liver prepared quickly - about 15 minutes. hearts It should cook for about 40 minutes, but before that they need to leave milk or salted cold water for 40-60 minutes.
Gizzards are cooked 1-1.5 hours. Note that, unlike other parts of the chicken stomachs necessarily lay in cold water. If you omit them in boiling water, they become rigid.
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