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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1. | Introduction: How to Roast a Whole Chicken | 4 mins |
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2. | Complete Your Self Assessment | 2 mins |
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3. | Preparing to Roast Chicken | 3 mins |
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4. | Roasting & Serving the Chicken | 5 mins |
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5. | Practice Roasting & Carving a Simple Chicken | 30 mins |
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6. | Enhancing a Roast Chicken | 20 mins |
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7. | Roasting the Chicken | 10 mins |
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8. | Making Chicken Pan Sauce or Gravy | 5 mins |
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9. | Activity | Brine & Roast a Chicken | 45 mins |
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10. | Practice Activities & Recipes | 45 mins |
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11. | Lesson Quiz | 20 mins |
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Finish Line | 3 hrs 9 mins | Total Time |
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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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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