Cooking ideas??

[graykristen]

We've been raising cornish crosses and redbros for the first time this season. We are going to a party tomorrow and we promised to bring chicken. I don't have much experience cooking these birds yet. I'm wondering if any of you have ideas about how to prepare it. I guess I could just bring a whole roasted chicken but I need input on how to cook it.

Thank you!!!

 

[denahli]

I like to put my chicken in a brine bath first for about and hour or so (sea salt and water)

350 degree oven

3-5 lb. internal temp of 180 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 hours
6-8 lb internal temp of 180 1 1/2 - 2 1/4 hours

Mix poultry seasoning, rosemary, thyme tsp sea salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, sage and dried celery or celery salt with 1 stick of softened butter.

Working from the breast top slide hand between the meat and skin to seperate the two gently all the way to the back. place butter/margerine herb mixture under the skin, work it around evenly. put olive oil on top skin and sprinkle with sea salt, pepper and parsley flakes.

Place in roasting pan with 1 cup of broth on bottom. roast



***if you need gravy I boil 8 whole carrots, 3 taters and a half an onion in fat free chicken broth. when veggies are soft strain them through fine screen. Reheat and season with S&P


HTH!

 

[scooter147]

Do you do the brine bath if you fry the chicken as well.

A friend introduced me to frying chicken without the skin, I was surprised how good it tasted. I always thought w/o the skin in would be drier and have a tendency to burn. You do have to cook it slower.