How Many Different Ways Can You Prepare A Chicken?

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The often-asked question to cooks around is "undefined how to cook". It challenges me to ask myself how many ways of cooking are there out there which can be placed on the main ingredient. Let's try this with the ever-so-famous chicken. And mind you, every part of the chicken could be turned into a recipe. Have you heard of chicken feet as a specialty?

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I will go in alphabetical order so that we are able to add on if we discover more.

1. Bake - there are lots of dishes to bake a chicken; either whole (a.k.a. roasting) or chicken pieces/breasts. We can also make lovely chicken pies.

2. Blanche - you can place the chicken into boiling hot drinking water initially, and then ...
... into ice-cold water, before grilling the meat. That way you get to lock the juices in. Also, the water used for boiling can be used as chicken stock.

3. boil - boiling poultry either becomes you a nice chicken soup or chicken can be boiled before shredding and offered as garnishing for noodles soup recipes. Also boiling the chicken before grilling shortens the cooking food time.

You can also dual boil a chicken; this is slow-cooking food over a few hours, requiring you to cook the chicken in a pot positioned into another pot of boiling water. It is prepared using

indirect heat for a more even cooking. Delicious but you have to be patient for the end result.

4. braise - this really is like stewing; you add liquid just enough to cover the meats (dark soy sauce or just water) and let the chicken prepare slowly. This is usually accomplished for tough chicken pieces, like the "Ayam kampong" (the tough free-range chicken).

5. broil - this is like grilling chicken; we moisten the chicken items with some

gravy, put them on a baking pan, and cook them for a few minutes. These are lovely for sandwiches or salads.

6. ferment - yes you can ferment chicken and bake it afterward. Sounds like a specialty.

7. Freezing - freezing is arguably the technique of cooking; cooking without heat. Works well with ice creams, sherbets, and yogurts, but don't think you should try it on chicken although.

8. fry - this is typical in Asian recipes. There are lots of delicious recipes for deep-frying chicken. We use a "Kuali" or wok for this for best results. The other is stir-frying. Once again, the best results are produced using the wok. This is quick and shallow frying on high heat. Juices are kept in and the chicken is cooked in small pieces for quick cooking. Best offered hot. You can prepare simple one-dish meals, like fried koay teow, using this method. Yummy!

9. grill - one of the more common methods of cooking food chicken is to grill or barbecue.

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10. microwave - is that a cooking method? You can add some spices and seasoning and microwave the chicken. Exactly what cooking method is it then if not microwaving?

So there you are... all the various methods of cooking chicken. Never knew we have so many ways of cooking all of them. Happy cooking. Bon appetite!