How to cook a chicken without a prescription

We tell you how to cut a bird, and then bake amazingly soft and juicy without a prescription.

Begin by preparing the carcass, which was previously necessary to rinse and wipe dry. Wiping poultry should fail, since any remaining moisture on the surface will prevent the formation of a golden and crispy crust.

If the butcher has not done it for you, cut excess domestic poultry fat.

Turn the carcass breast and cut the fragrant oil gland above the tail: they look like a pair of soft gray and yellow balls.

Cut away the excess skin of the neck and secure with a toothpick or the remnants of thread between the wings.

Turn up the carcass breast and remove the tips of the wings behind his back: so they will not be burnt during the baking time.

All the bird is prepared, and now it is necessary to rub with olive oil and sprinkle generously with salt inside and out.

In the cavity of the chicken can lay almost anything: from the smaller birds like quail to favorite side dishes and fragrant herbs, vegetables. We decided to stop at the last version, put in a couple of medium-sized bird crushed garlic bulbs and cloves. Replace or supplement can be celery (root or stem), parsnips and carrots.

Should be sent to an aromatic bouquet garni, in this case consisting of a modest set of thyme and laurel. Again - if available - a pile of fragrant can add rosemary, basil, parsley or tarragon.

The latest addition - preserved lemonWhich can be replaced with fresh citrus. He's here for flavor, but after roasting the bird, you can pour the juice roast is the fruit.

Once all the additions were inside the chicken, her lower leg associate non-synthetic thread and send it in the oven. The main trick to cooking poultry without a prescription - to choose the right cooking time. Chicken, for it is calculated from the simple formula: 20 minutes at 180 degrees for every pound of weight.

Win baked chicken is ready, but before cutting and removing all add-ons from the cavity of the carcass let stand for about 10 minutes. Otherwise, while cutting may escape all the juice that we so carefully cherished.