Chicken is a popular ingredient in many recipes. Both the first and second courses are prepared from her meat. For young housewives who do not yet have sufficient experience, the question of how to determine the readiness of the chicken is quite relevant. When baked in the oven, the chicken skin becomes roasted quickly enough, but the meat may still be damp inside.
It is necessary
- - a thermometer for roasting meat in the oven;
- - fork, toothpick or culinary needle;
- - twine.
Instructions
Step 1
In many ways, chicken cooking time depends on its age and size. Chickens and young hens that are under one and a half years old cook much faster. If you cook broth from them, cut the meat into pieces beforehand. In this case, for a rich broth, it will be enough for you to simmer the meat for no more than an hour. The old chicken will need to be boiled for at least 2-2.5 hours for it to boil and soften. Readiness can be determined by eye - the meat at the ends of the legs will begin to move away from the bones.
Step 2
You can determine if a chicken that is fried whole on a grill or pan is cooked by piercing it in several places with a toothpick, fork, or cooking needle. Make deep punctures in the thick edge of the chicken breast and along the large bones. If the meat is ready, the fork will go into it without effort, and not the ichor will start to stand out from the puncture, but transparent meat juice. Chicken, cut into portions, will fry one and a half times faster than one that you cook whole or spread in a pan.
Step 3
If you decide to bake the whole chicken in the oven, be sure to tie it with twine so that the legs and wings are tightly pressed against the carcass and do not burn. Check the cooking process with a special meat roasting thermometer. You can buy it at hardware stores. Pierce the carcass with it in the breast area. At an internal meat temperature of 85 degrees Celsius, the chicken is considered ready.
Step 4
In the absence of a thermometer, the same fork or toothpick will come to your aid. Make a puncture and watch the juice flowing out. It should be transparent and light.
Step 5
Calculate the cooking time for chicken baked at 180-200 degrees in the oven. It will take 40 minutes for each kilogram of its weight to be completely fried.
