Oven-baked chicken is a tasty and satisfying dish suitable for any side dish. However, to ensure that the food is well baked, but at the same time remains juicy and tender, it is important to choose the right temperature in the oven for baking this delicacy and determine the cooking time.
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It would seem that the chicken was difficult to bake: smeared the carcass with spices and salt, put it on a baking sheet and bake. However, in reality, everything is not so simple, because if you choose the wrong temperature for cooking, or if you overdo the chicken in the oven, the result will be either baked or baked and dry. How to find a middle ground so that the finished dish does not disappoint the household?
So, if you cook the whole chicken, then first of all pay attention to the size of the carcass. Small chickens, whose weight does not reach a kilogram, do not cook long - on average, 50-60 minutes at a temperature of 190 degrees. Carcasses need more longer cooking - from 60 to 120 minutes. To calculate how much time you need to bake a particular chicken, you need to know that 500 grams of chicken needs 30 minutes of cooking, based on this and it is worth orienting yourself approximately.
If you often cook whole chicken, then it will be worth your while to purchase a special meat thermometer and use it. For example, to check the readiness of the chicken, you need to place the device in the thigh of the cooking bird (the thermometer should not touch the bone) and see the result. If the device shows more than 80 degrees, then the chicken is ready.
The following are approximate cooking times for whole chicken in the oven:
It is worth noting that the table shows the timing of baking chilled chicken. Frozen chicken must first be thawed.
How long does it take to bake chicken legs and chicken breast in the oven in foil and in a bag
To make chicken meat more tender and juicy, it is better to use foil or a special baking sleeve for baking. For example, chicken breast cooked without the above devices is likely to turn out dry and it will be impossible to eat. The meat from the "sleeve" will simply melt in the mouth, especially if it is pre-marinated for 20 minutes, then cooked in a special mayonnaise or lemon sauce.
As for the baking time of the legs and breasts in the foil, bag, it is calculated according to the same principle as for the whole chicken. If you bake breasts without cutting them apart, then consider the weight of one of the largest breasts. Let me remind you that you need to bake 500 grams of chicken for at least 30 minutes.
Breast, chopped in portions, as well as chicken legs (drumstick) are fully ready to eat after 40 minutes after placing them in the oven, heated to 180-190 degrees.