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Cooking Chicken & Poultry
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9.0 CEHs

All Levels

15,144 Students

Course Overview

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 deli…

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Course Objectives

At the end of this course you'll be able to:
  • Learn the anatomy of a chicken and how to break it down into its parts
  • Learn how to roast and carve a chicken
  • Learn how to roast and carve a turkey
  • Become proficient at preparing an entire chicken dinner, including side dishes
  • Learn to make perfect gravy
  • Learn what to do with poultry leftovers and understand how poultry leftovers can make your weeknights easier
  • Plan a week's worth of meals using poultry as your protein base

Course Syllabus

Cooking Chicken & Poultry

This course introduces you to the basics of preparing poultry, including how to break down, roast, carve and then repurpose leftovers for other delicious week night meals. We’ve even included recipes for sumptuous side dishes that will accompany your roast chicken and help you create the iconic family sunday dinner classic meal.

Lesson 1
Course Orientation

This course introduces you to the basics of preparing poultry, including how to break down, roast, carve and then repurpose leftovers for other delicious week night meals. We've even included recipes for sumptuous side dishes that will accompany your roast chicken and help you create the iconic family sunday dinner classic meal.

Lesson 2
Poultry Fundamentals

In this lesson, you will learn the fundamentals of poultry and how to break down a chicken.

Lesson 3
Roasting Chicken & Turkey

In this lesson, you will learn how to roast and carve a whole chicken and a whole turkey.

Lesson 4
Enhancing Basic Roast Chicken

In this lesson you will learn how to use different spices and flavors to enhance a basic roasted chicken.

Lesson 5
Make a Chicken Dinner

This lesson will show you how to complete your chicken dinner with gravy and impressive side dishes.

Lesson 6
Leftovers are Delicious: Weeknight Meal Ideas

Learn to make a week's worth of meals using leftover chicken and side dishes.

Lesson 7
Course Review & Final Assessment

Student Work

Below is a snapshot of real student photos from the course. Once you learn the foundational techniques of cooking, you too can begin to create an endless number of delicious dishes!
Pantry

This is a collage photo of my in-kitchen pantry and my back-up pantry. I keep extra supplies in the back-up pantry of those stock i... View More

by Jennifer H.
by Sandra M.

Practice Recipes

A few of the practice recipes you'll learn in this course.
1 Unit | 7 Lessons | 66 Videos
Lesson 1: Course Orientation
Lesson 2: Poultry Fundamentals
Lesson 3: Roasting Chicken & Turkey
Lesson 4: Enhancing Basic Roast Chicken
Lesson 5: Make a Chicken Dinner
Lesson 6: Leftovers are Delicious: Weeknight Meal Ideas
Lesson 7: Course Review & Final Assessment

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