Lessons > Enhancing Basic Roast Chicken
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Lesson Overview
While a Basic Roast Chicken is a dish you can cook any night of the week and with very little fuss, there are a few simple ways to enhance this iconic dish to make it even more succulent and memorable.
In this lesson, we will show you how to add even more flavor and moisture to your chicken. We …
Lesson Objectives
At the end of this lesson you'll be able to:
- understand how to enhance the flavor and moisture in chicken by brining, adding compound butter and/or other seasonings
- identify ways to make chicken skin nice and crispy
- explain how to properly air-dry and temper chicken
- truss a chicken
- explain how and why you would turn a chicken during roasting
- roast a chicken on a rack and test for doneness
- know how to rest and carve a chicken
- make a pan sauce or gravy from the drippings
Course Syllabus
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START: Watch Lesson Platform Tour | |
| 1. | Introduction: Enhancing Basic Roast Chicken |
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| 2. | Complete Your Self Assessment |
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| 3. | Enhancing a Roast Chicken |
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| 4. | Roasting the Chicken |
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| 5. | Making Chicken Pan Sauce or Gravy |
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| 6. | Lesson Practice Recipes |
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| 7. | Practice Quiz |
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| 8. | Activity | Photo Upload (copy) |
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Practice Recipes
A few of the practice recipes you'll learn in this lesson.
14 Videos
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8 Tasks
Task 1: Introduction: Enhancing Basic Roast Chicken
Task 2: Complete Your Self Assessment
Task 3: Enhancing a Roast Chicken
Task 4: Roasting the Chicken
Task 5: Making Chicken Pan Sauce or Gravy
Task 6: Lesson Practice Recipes
Task 7: Practice Quiz
Task 8: Activity | Photo Upload (copy)
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