how do you cook chicken

[Snoopy2645]

please dont laugh at me but I dont know how to cook chicken say like just chicken legs in the oven I am not sure how to do that


BTW I can make a whole turkey dinner from scratch stuffing & all but never made chicken in my lifetime & I really want to learn

[mstrohm]

Snoopy,

Here is a simple recipe from Food Network:

Crispy Baked Chicken

Mark Strohm

[tgavin71]

Originally Posted by Snoopy2645

please dont laugh at me but.... I want to learn

No one is going to laugh at you. They only stupid question is the one that doesn't get asked.

Let us know how it goes.

PS> I don't cook chicken. Except for chicken breast. I just buy it at the shops already done.

[contrary1]

Just think of the chicken as a little turkey.............same method, less time. Works out fine. I use a meat thermometer on everything, just to be certain sure I'm cooking things safely.
I don't usually stuff the chickens (nor my turkeys) as it is too tedious for me and I think it dries out the birds. Casseroles of stuffing are easier for me. But, you can put herbs, onions, whatever in the cavity for flavor.

[Ima saver]

I have never cooked a chicken either. You really should not ever stuff a turkey or a chicken. I read that from something a turkey expert said. It could make you sick. Make your dressing on the side.

[jodi]

Here's an easy recipe:
Honey Baked Chicken

1 whole fryer chicken, cut into pieces (I usually use just the drumsticks or whatever chicken pieces I have on hand)
1/2 c. butter, melted
1/2 c. honey
1 T. dry mustard
1 t. salt
1 t. curry powder (we never have any in the house so I usually just omit this)
pepper to taste

Place chicken into greased pan, skin side up. Combine remaining ingredients and pour over chicken. Bake 350 for 70 minutes, basting every 15 minutes with drippings.

Hope this helps! I find nearly all my recipes on recipezaar.com. Just search for "baked chicken" and you will probably get a lot of recipes.

[zakity]

I bake my chicken in my huge cast iron (use a cook book for what temp and how long). I sprinkle Italian seasonings over the chicken. When the chicken is done (as per the thermometer), I take it out and put it on a plate and make gravy with the drippings. We put the gravy over noodles or rice usually.

With the leftovers, you can make a casserole. Pick the meat off the bones. Mix in rice or noodles, the chicken, and the gravy together.

[rebelchai]

I put a whole chicken in the crock pot, with 1/2 c water. I give the pepper mill a liberal twisting, put the lid on and cook it on LOW for 6-8 hrs, or until a drumstick pulls out easily. Meat thermometers are handy if you're unsure.

Sometimes I pour BBQ over it, sometime I add quartered onion (& garlic) to the pot.

You get a good helping of stock in the bottom of the crock pot for soup broth, just remember to skim the fat off.

When I grill chicken, I always steam it until it's cooked through, and then use the grill to add flavor and crispiness.

[marjorie]

I recently cooked a whole chicken. I removed everything from the cavity and rinsed it well, then dried it (paper towel). Into the cavity I inserted two quartered lemons, and oranges. I also split in halves 2 garlic bulbs, then sprinkled with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper. Outside the bird I added cut up pieces of butter and seasoned. Baste occassionally, cover the bird with foil if it seems to brown the skin more quickly than you;ve like. Cook at 325-350 degrees. I'm thinking I cooked for 20-30 minutes a pound. Came out really well. I sometimes get good sale on cutlets or breast. I dip these after sizing them for my family in an egg wash, containing pepper and salt. Next I put them in a frying pan that has been sauteeing mushrooms. I use a higher heat to brown the boneless, skinless chicken, then turn everything down to cook more slowly... less than 1/2 heat, more like you'd set to simmer something. I add to the pan any red wine I have open, and deglaze the pan (scrape little bits that stick to the bottom of the pan, and stir like you're making a sauce). I often add onions to cook and add whatever veggies I have on hand that seem to go together.
Sometimes when i'm in a serious rush I throw whatever chicken I have in the oven coated with bbq sauce. Kids like it, and the leftovers can easily be used in salads.
Chicken soup is also quite easy. Just let us know what you like and I'm sure someone will be able to help.

[robex]

Yes, Imasaver, you can get VERY sick from stuffing the cavity of a chicken or turkey...you may wonder how I know this? Let's just say, a very, very, very BAD Thanksgiving meal!

The best part? Both Dh and I were violently ill, so I froze the leftover turkey and once we felt better, I made another meal with what was in the freezer! Oh yeah...part two was just as bad. We had salmonella poisoning so bad that I ended up with a liver infection from it. Yep, a little lesson learned the hard way....

[Savin4disney]

Here is my favorite way to cook a chicken:

Spray your crockpot with Pam
Put a few balls of foil on the bottom
Rinse chicken
Season chicken
Put in breast side down
Cook on low for 6 hours or so

Chicken will just fall apart. It is so good. I love it this way and then use leftovers for chicken salad.

[Fern]

For years i cooked chicken by putting it on a foil-lined tray in the oven at 375 degrees for about 45 minutes. That's it. Nothing on it, tasted great.

These days i use a rotisserie oven ("set it and forget it!"); i like it cus it doesn't sit in the fat, the fat drips off as it rotates, plus you're not heating up your whole oven.

[MsRis]

I cook chicken legs in the oven on 350.. With the skin I place them on a cookie sheet covered with tin foil and sprinkle Lawrys Garlic salt all over the skin of the legs.. Comes out great

[Thrifty Ray]

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast:

olive oil
seasoned salt
garlic salt
pepper

cook in skillet until nice and brown and cooked through.

Sprinkle with lime juice when done.

I cut this chicken up and use on ceasar salads, in teriaki rice bowls, cut up on sandwiches, or just to nibble on. Very versatile, and very tasty.

Make a big batch (about 4 pounds) almost weekly and lasts for several days.

[JBinKC]

I cook most of my bone in chicken on the grill. My favorite is beer can chicken where you cook a whole chicken propped up on a beer can on a device designed to keep it stabil with about 1/3rd full contents of beer on indirect coals and cook until there is an internal temperature of 165 degrees. With leg quarters make sure you put them on the outer edge of the coals since the meat is much fattier.