How to Roast Chicken

Lesson Goals

Nothing symbolizes home cooking as much as a roast chicken. Roast chicken should be part of every cook’s repertoire, as it is one of the easiest dishes to prepare. Not only does roast chicken make for an incredibly satisfying meal, but any leftovers can be used to make a variety of quick and delicious dishes. The leftover bones can even be used to make a flavorful stock, utilizing every part of the bird.

In this lesson, you will learn how to roast a chicken with the least amount of fuss and clean up. You will learn what type of chicken to choose and how to prepare it for roasting, how to check it for doneness, rest it and carve it. No longer will you have to rely on those dry, pre-cooked, supermarket birds.

At the end of this cooking school lesson, you will be able to:

• identify the difference between a roaster and a fryer chicken
• prepare a chicken for roasting
• roast a chicken
• test a chicken for doneness
• know how to rest and carve a chicken

Prerequisites

None