4 Chicken Cooking Tricks That Will Make the Meat Juicy and Tender

28.02.2023 15:53
Updated: 14.04.2023 09:18

Experienced cooks have collected useful tips that will help you prepare the perfect chicken dish.

If you follow them, the poultry dish will turn out tasty, tender, soft and juicy.

Subtleties of pickling

Marinades add juiciness to chicken and other meats, but often the liquid and spices remain on the surface, leaving the meat still bland inside.

Therefore, before marinating chicken, it is worth making several holes in the pieces of bird so that the juice better permeates the product.

The Secret to a Crispy Crust

A golden crust gives a dish of poultry an appetizing look. It is very easy to achieve. Before cooking, the chicken should be dried with a paper towel.

Dish
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Even cooking

Often, meat that has been defrosted literally 5 minutes ago is used for cooking. The process is uneven, the temperature inside is lower than outside.

Therefore, after defrosting, it is better to keep the meat at room temperature for another 15-20 minutes. This will increase the chances of even cooking.

Let it brew

If the dish is cooked according to all the rules and strictly according to the recipe, then in 99% of cases it looks very appetizing. Everyone is tempted to try chicken right now. But experienced cooks recommend waiting 10-15 minutes. A quarter of an hour under the foil - and the meat will become softer, juicier and more aromatic.

Dmitry Bobrovich Author: Dmitry Bobrovich Internet resource editor


Content
  1. Subtleties of pickling
  2. The Secret to a Crispy Crust
  3. Even cooking
  4. Let it brew