2024 the best roast chicken recipes review
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300 exhaustively tested recipes for America's favorite main course.
Chicken is the go-to main course for most Americans, but the same old recipes featuring bland, dry chicken are all too often the norm - resulting in a collective sigh around the dinner table. The Best Chicken Recipes offers 300 foolproof ideas for cooking chicken right - and making dinner interesting again. Whether you're looking for a never-fail recipe for Simple Roast Chicken, classics with a modern twist (Chicken Salad with Fennel, Lemon, and Parmesan or Braised Chicken with Leeks and Saffron), or something entirely new to incorporate into your repertoire (Chicken Tagine or Firecracker Chicken, anyone?), you'll find it all here. In addition, we offer recipes to fit just about any season, occasion, and lifestyle, all divided into easy-to-navigate chapters for easy reference. Our information-packed primer shows you how to take the guesswork out of knowing when a chicken is done and provides tips for boosting flavor, as well as detailed instructions for basic butchering and carving techniques. Whether you're entertaining a group or cooking for two, are health conscious or time-crunched - we've got you covered. With this book in your kitchen, no one will ever be late to dinner again.
Publisher : Cook's Illustrated; Reprint edition (March 1, 2008)
Language : English
Hardcover : 432 pages
ISBN-10 : 1933615230
ISBN-13 : 978-1933615233
Item Weight : 2.9 pounds
Dimensions : 8.71 x 1.25 x 11.19 inches
Reviewer: C. Shea
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Like Chicken? You'll Love this Cookbook.
Review: Although I was a bit skeptical that anyone could find an entire cookbook's worth of recipes for chicken, I had previously purchased the Best Skillet and the Best Light Recipe books from this series and was very impressed with the quality and results from the authors. I am happy to report that I was not disappointed with the Best Chicken Recipes cookbook. All of the recipes tried so far have been absolutely delicious and easy to follow. There are no difficult techniques or hard to find ingredients involved. One of the features of all of the recipes in these series of cookbooks is an introduction to a particular recipe or technique. If you've got the time to read it, you will learn a lot about the process used by the authors in order to come up with the best ingredient or techniques in the finished result. The first recipe made was by my husband who is at the beginner moving onto intermediate skill level in the kitchen. He tried a recipe with stuffed chicken breasts, and I must tell you, it was high-end restaurant quality. I asked him to make them again. Yesterday I tried the chicken enchilada recipe and it was as good as any I've had in "authentic" Mexican restaurants. I highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys to cook - new cooks will appreciate the explanations and tips, and more seasoned cooks will appreciate the diversity of recipes which make this suppertime staple exciting again.
Reviewer: EiSpawn
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The best series of cookbooks ever!
Review: These are the best cookbooks in my opinion. I own at least 4. Not only do they have fantastic recipes, but they tell you the history of the food as well as what equipment you need and how to use it. Also my favorite part is they explain the science behind what is happening while you are performing the various tasks while cooking. Excellent books. My favorite. These are must own cookbooks.
Reviewer: FatOrangeTabby
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Hit and miss
Review: For the most part this book is great, wonderful recipes, detailed step-by-step instructions, all using chicken. It even tells you how to carve up a whole bird and how to purchase quality meat. My husband hates all meat except fish and poultry, so it's a challenge to come up with new chicken dishes and not get bored with dinner. This book solved my problem. A word of warning to those who are looking for quick meals; you won't find them here except for a very short chapter. There a lot of steps to most of these recipes, and some of them are just not to our liking. Some, like the chicken enchiladas, are delicious! The enchiladas were worth the time I put into them, but some of these aren't. I spent an hour and a half on the orange honey-glazed chicken, only to find that we aren't "sweet chicken" people. It's not the fault of the book that we don't like that particular recipe, it's just that you can easily spend an entire evening on one recipe trying to figure out if it's any good, and coming from someone who loves to spend a night in the kitchen, it can be a bit much on a weeknight.As with all the Cook's Illustrated books and magazines, there are gadget and cookware reviews throughout, which I love. That's what makes reading their publications truly different than other cookbooks. They put a lot of work into explaining their techniques and it really does make for a nice presentation. If I didn't work full-time and had a few hours a day to prepare meals, this book would be perfect. In all fairness, the title isn't "The Best QUICK Chicken Recipes." As it is, I think I will save this for weekends when I have more time.
Reviewer: I. White
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Successful chicken recipes
Review: I bought this cookbook as a gift for my niece as she was running out of ideas for chicken recipes. She loved receiving it and immediately tried a few of the dishes with great success. Cook's Illustrated and their TV program, America's Test Kitchen, always have great recipes so buying this book was a no brainer!
Reviewer: K. Frank
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Chicken Recipe book
Review: We have had really good sucess using this book. They really know how to do the recipes. They explain why they do things. While there are not tons of recipes, the ones in this book taste great and that is what the any good cookbook should do.
Reviewer: Ms. Bonnie J. Falla
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Best Chicken Recipes (Best Recipe Classic)
Review: I like how they test proof and illustrate their recipes in well displayed photos. I love country food and old time recipes. AMT staff bring back the wholesome cooking and the taste of the past.
Reviewer: S. Fruit
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: For someone who loves to spend time in the kitchen
Review: I saw this book mentioned in our local paper and without reviewing it at a local bookstore or the library, I bought it. I knew better. This book has some nice information in it for true cooks. I'm not one. I actually like those recipes that call for a can of soup as a sauce. If you love to spend time in the kitchen making wonderful food you might enjoy this book. If you want to make enough food to satisfy a significant other and then get back to more interesting things, you probably won't want this book.
Reviewer: J. Wells
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: All great recipes
Review: I had over 2000 cookbooks and these are the best for creating a great meal. If you follow the recipe as written you are sure to have an enjoyable meal.