Budget Gourmet Chicken Recipes

» Place a rack inside a platter. This way you’ll manage the juice of the chicken to drip and that it doesn’t remain in contact with the chicken or with other food you have in the freezer.

» Never cook it before it’s completely defrosted.

Cooking Secrets to get a Gourmet Flavor

» Defrosting in a microwave is a good idea only if the piece to defrost is small. If you wished to defrost a whole chicken in the microwave, it’ll surely be done uneven, starting to dry the exterior and leaving the interior still frozen.

» The ideal defrost is in a progressive way, which means, leave it in the lower part of the freezer, not under room temperature. Take into account doing it with time: according to the size of the piece it could take from 2 to 12 hours.

Properly defrost chicken

» Never freeze again a chicken that has already been frozen unless it changes its condition (which means, you froze it raw, you defrosted it properly, you cooked it and then you can freeze it again).

» If the chicken you want to freeze is in a sauce, you can keep the chicken separately or everything together.

» Don’t freeze a stuffed chicken, since not all components of the stuffing tend to freeze completely, so bacteria will continue its evolution and can contaminate the rest of the chicken.

» Never freeze a chicken along with the giblets. Remember that the giblets of the chicken can only be kept frozen 2 or 3 months, while the chicken can be kept frozen for 1 year.

» It’s essential for the conservation to be prolonged, that no air is left in the bag.

» If you have thought to cook the chicken on a grill, before putting it away in the bag you must cut it in half (already ready for the embers)