Favorite Food ~ Roasted Chicken

Favorite Food ~Roasted ChickenBy Kim LewandowskiCAA 100 Essentials for SuccessSeptember 10, 2012

Why I Like Roasted Chicken Mild taste is a blank canvas It’s versatile Roasting concentrates

flavor Use drippings for sauces,

gravies and stocks Lots of ways to use

leftovers

Origins of Chicken and Roasting Chicken was first used and

domesticated in the Indus Valley, in present-day Pakistan and northwest India, around 3000BC

Roasting meat was one of the first ways humans began to cook food

What Is Roasted Chicken? Add heat till cooked to safe temperature Ways to roast meat and poultry:

Over an open fire In an oven

My Favorite Method: Wine-Butt Chicken Fill a can halfway with flavorful liquid Season the chicken under and over the skin Grill for 1-1.5 hours, till thigh meat measures 160°F

What I Like to Do With Roasted Chicken – Part 1 Roast in oven or on grill, carve and eat for dinner

What I Like to Do With Roasted Chicken – Part 2 Remove meat from carcass, make stock

What I Like to Do With Roasted Chicken – Part 3 Use it in leftovers - for example:

• Chicken salad• Chicken and cheese quesadillas• Chicken fried rice• Chicken á la king• Chicken and vegetable soup• Chicken tacos• Chicken sandwiches• Chicken Alfredo• Chicken tortilla soup