How to Bake chicken in the oven in five easy steps

Baking an entire chicken it can be in some cases challenging. Also I had a number of troubles while I tested the first instances, however I can brag now that I make the very best baked chicken on earth. More delicious than the one at the restaurant!

In order to make this mouth-watering restaurant recipe I simply respect a number of these 5 steps:

STEP ONE: Choose a chicken

Get yourself a respectable size chicken and after you unwrap the plastic packaging give it a good rinse underneath water.

Ensure you also wash the cavity of the chicken!

You can also use a frozen chicken if you have one in the fridge freezer.

Tip: I’m not defrosting the chicken inside the microwave because it tends to dry the meat and it’ll have a totally different taste. Instead, I fill a pot with warm water and sink the frozen chicken in that water. Make sure you have a sufficiently big pot chicken can be wholly under water. In an hour the poultry will be unfroze. After that I’ll give him a very good rinse in water (also on the inside) and let’s go on to the next stage.

Tip 2: I also add two teaspoons of salt in the water. It will tender the frozen meat.

2nd step: Seasoning – here comes the fun segment!

You can use here a bit of salt and certain spices purchased from any local supermarket, however I want to be imaginative. To begin with I pour some extra virgin olive oil on the whole chicken. You can also use sunflower oil but I like olive oil better. After that I take a paper towel and get rid of the extra essential olive oil. This manner the spices would stick better at the chicken’s skin and the skin surface will also have a greater taste and it will be crisp.

For seasoning, the possibilities are infinite!

I put some finely ground black pepper, a little bit paprika, marine salt and also a number of fresh herbs: fresh basil leaves, rosemary, dill, thyme and parsley. I put the same combination of spices as well as for the cavity of the poultry. I also place a number of garlic cloves in the cavity since I adore garlic.

In case you like some heat you can also test something exotic like: coriander applied in the cavity of the chicken before baking it.

Tip: Place a fresh lemon in the cavity. The taste of your poultry will be enhanced and the meat shall be kept moist. I discovered that from famous cooking masters Jamie Oliver:-D

STEP three: Bake the chicken

Preheat the oven at 165F (74 Celsius) and take a pan in which you put the chicken. Be sure that the pan is big enough so the cooking juices won’t spill in the oven. I use these juices to make a succulent sauce for the baked chicken.

Place the chicken inside the oven and change the heat to 350F (180 Celsius) for fifty minutes. This specific temperature depends on the chicken dimension. In case you have a big chicken you could increase the baking heat but never exceed 400F or 205 Celsius because you shall burn the chicken!

From time to time try the chicken with a fork, if the juice is clear it means that the chicken is baked.

Tip: after 35 minutes of baking I take out the pan from the oven and sprinkle several drops brandy on the chicken – very little!(we don’t need to get drunk ) If used correctly it will give him a fantastic taste! After that let the chicken bake in the oven for just a 1/4 hour.

Tip two: I use a little water inside the pan and in that water I add 2 or three fresh lemons for the taste enhancement

Tip 3: An inside temperature of a minimum of 165 F (74 Celsius) it takes to eradicate the micro organism

STEP 4: The dressing

After you removed the chicken from the oven you can make some dressing! At this point I’ll not utilize the sauce from the backed chicken.

As I said, I absolutely adore garlic:-D and I will do a sour cream and garlic sauce. For that I need 1 cup sour cream (low fat), five garlic cloves (crushed), half tbs oregano, a little of black pepper plus a teaspoon of lemon juice. Mix those together and after there is a fine mix pour a tablespoon of milk in order to help it become creamier.

STEP five: Baked chicken – serving alternatives:

Even though chicken can be eaten very well just like this, you could add some taste with it if you add a garnish. Here the possibilities are endless. I like mine with potatoes “nature” with butter plus some rosemary.

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