Comments | akirlu: Roast Chicken For The Win

akirlu

Roast Chicken For The Win

Feb 13, 2009 12:59

Well, goodness. Why didn't anyone tell me sooner about how easy and effective butterflying poultry is? Why yes, you can roast a whole chicken in 40 minutes and have it come out with the most amazing, super-crispy skin imaginable. But even better than that, finally, finally a way to get herbs and aromatics to really flavor the flesh of the bird ( Read more... )

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barondave February 13 2009, 21:20:55 UTC

Even more amusing than usual from the Bushies: former Press Secretary Ari Fleischer complained about Obama calling on the Huffington Post guy. Ari is the one who, for three years, approved the White House credentials for and called on Jeff Gannon (sic) of talonnews.com.

And the question asked was a good one, about the lack of respect shown our fallen soldiers by not showing their flag draped coffins. The conservative news media was easily manipulated by the cowardly chicken hawks, so let's see how much guts the news guys have. Last I heard, they were looking into it; not a good sign, but given the economic crises, it's one of the Bush disasters that is low priority.

mamadeb February 13 2009, 21:20:59 UTC

Isn't that how everyone cooks? *perplexed*

Right now, I have leg quarters flavored with lemon, garlic and ginger (and a touch of oil) baking in the oven.

akirlu February 13 2009, 21:41:34 UTC

It is mostly how I cook already but it is emphatically not, as far as I can tell, how most people cook. Certainly my dear friend Kim is a devout By The Recipe girl, and for years could not cook even familiar dishes without hauling out the recipe and following it slavishly.

And while I was raised in a tradition of cooking without a net, a lot of my cooking is self taught, so I always appreciate a good resource for basic techniques I haven't already mastered.

shikzoid February 13 2009, 21:59:43 UTC

Alan used to call it Chicken With Twigs.

akirlu February 13 2009, 22:54:30 UTC

What, rosemary garlic chicken?

shikzoid February 14 2009, 02:29:17 UTC

Rosemary and tarragon.

albionwood February 14 2009, 04:52:48 UTC

What temp do you roast the butterflied bird? 40 minutes... I'm guessing 400.

loupnoir does the herbs-under-the-skin trick. Works a treat!

akirlu February 14 2009, 07:13:18 UTC

Good guess. Roast at 450, actually.