Whether you’re baking, oven-roasting, smoking, or frying, we’ve got the correct temperature tips to help you find success in cooking chicken.
It’s funny how things can sound tastier, more exotic, just because we say them in another language. Salsa verde, for instance, sounds delicious, while “green sauce” doesn’t. Pasta carbonara sounds almost infinitely tastier than “char-coaler’s paste.” Smörgåsbord is so much more enchanting than “sandwich table.” And Chicken Cordon Bleu certainly sounds tastier than “Blue Ribbon…
Every culture has a dish or two that are mainstays of their kitchen. India has curry and dal. Mexico has mole and tamales. Germany has a pantheon of sausages. And Jamaica has Jerk: jerk chicken, jerk goat, jerk pork. If there’s a dish more iconically Jamaican, it’s hard to think of. The method and the…
Let’s talk about chicken thighs. Readers of this blog will know our affinity for them; that we love how they are juicier, harder to overcook, cheaper, and more richly flavored than chicken breasts. And talk about versatile! You can BBQ them, you can cut them up for teriyaki bowls, you can use them in classic…
When it’s time for dinner, there’s a good chance it’s time for chicken. If you want juicy chicken breasts that are grilled to tasty perfection, you’re going to need to watch their temperature. Chicken breasts dry out with great ease, so keeping them juicy—especially when they’re cooking over hot coals—takes care. In this post, we’ll…
Smoking a whole chicken: oh, sure, we all thought about it, but only we had the guts to do it! Wait, that’s not true. No, people everywhere love smoking whole chicken. And why wouldn’t they? A smoked chicken makes a fine meal for your family, and if you have room in your smoker, making more…
I’m writing this to you from the middle of July, and I can tell you that there are few things (besides ice cream) that I want to eat more these days than spicy grilled chicken. I’ve done the burger and hotdog cookouts, the Father’s Day ribs, and the Memorial Day brisket. It’s hot, the world…
