Lessons > How to Roast Chicken
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Lesson Overview
Nothing symbolizes home cooking as much as a roast chicken and it’s actually one of the easiest dishes to prepare. Roast chicken is incredibly satisfying meal, and 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 st…
Click to expand...Lesson Objectives
At the end of this lesson you'll 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
- 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: How to Roast a Whole Chicken |
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| 2. | Complete Your Self Assessment |
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| 3. | Preparing to Roast Chicken |
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| 4. | Roasting & Serving the Chicken |
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| 5. | Practice Roasting & Carving a Simple Chicken |
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| 6. | Enhancing a Roast Chicken |
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| 7. | Roasting the Chicken |
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| 8. | Making Chicken Pan Sauce or Gravy |
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| 9. | Activity | Brine & Roast a Chicken |
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| 10. | Practice Activities & Recipes |
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| 11. | Lesson Quiz |
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Practice Recipes
A few of the practice recipes you'll learn in this lesson.
Prerequisites & Related Lessons
Please consider these additional lessons to support your learning and discovery. Some of these lessons are prerequisites that may help contextualize what you are learning and form a baseline of knowledge and skill. Other lessons are related and may help you explore next steps or dive deeper on a learning topic.
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What People Are Saying
"This lesson is very valuable. Every cook from novice to professional should master the art of roasting chicken. The basic techniques coupled with supplemental pointers such as creating different flavor profiles, brining and the use of oven racks makes this a no fail technique."
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"This lesson is very valuable. Every cook from novice to professional should master the art of roasting chicken. The basic techniques coupled with supplemental pointers such as creating different flavor profiles, brining and the use of oven racks makes this a no fail technique."
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"This lesson is great and it makes it so simple to learn how to to roast a chicken."
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"I’ve only done this once. Can’t wait to try my new skills on my second attempt. I know it will turn out fantastic this time around."
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11 Tasks
Task 1: Introduction: How to Roast a Whole Chicken
Task 2: Complete Your Self Assessment
Task 3: Preparing to Roast Chicken
Task 4: Roasting & Serving the Chicken
Task 5: Practice Roasting & Carving a Simple Chicken
Task 6: Enhancing a Roast Chicken
Task 7: Roasting the Chicken
Task 8: Making Chicken Pan Sauce or Gravy
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