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Title: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Chasing Amy on October 08, 2017, 01:07:29 PM
Why does it create such a bloody awful mess? My oven is covered in grease, my counter is a wreck.


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Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Ice Cream on October 08, 2017, 05:52:53 PM
Why does it create such a bloody awful mess? My oven is covered in grease, my counter is a wreck.


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I am sure you can do it in the Instant Pot!
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Chasing Amy on October 08, 2017, 06:02:37 PM
I am sure you can do it in the Instant Pot!

I want a roasted chicken, not a steamed chicken.


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Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Ice Cream on October 09, 2017, 07:48:17 AM
I want a roasted chicken, not a steamed chicken.


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just kidding...  :)
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Magic Microbe on October 09, 2017, 01:30:34 PM
Blood everywhere? I haven't noticed much mess when I do it. But I cover my roasting pan for most of the time so maybe that helps.
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Chasing Amy on October 09, 2017, 05:29:29 PM
Blood everywhere? I haven't noticed much mess when I do it. But I cover my roasting pan for most of the time so maybe that helps.

Not actual blood - "bloody" as in the British expletive. :)
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: radial on October 09, 2017, 08:22:33 PM
Hmm, that's so different from my experience that I can't imagine why it's so messy for you.  I roast a chicken once a week or so and it's never all that messy.  There's a baking pan to wash after, and I have to run the self-cleaning feature on the oven once in a while, but that's about it.  Rip out the blobs of fat that hang out just inside the body cavity.  Use a pair of kitchen shears to cut out the backbone which is just inedible bone and more fat.  Put a lid on your baking dish if you are still getting a lot of splatter inside the oven. 
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: JBM on October 11, 2017, 02:50:49 PM
I get a chicken from Whole Foods from the counter, so they remove the giblets for me and wrap it in paper. I find it way less messy and gross to deal with if it's in the plastic wrap. I haven't made one in a while and I make a good chicken. Now I'm hungry.
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Chasing Amy on October 12, 2017, 11:32:53 AM
I want the giblets because they are good for stock.

Radial, I'll try cutting out the "blobs of fat" before I put it in the oven and cover with aluminum foil (my roasting pan doesn't have a cover).
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Magic Microbe on October 16, 2017, 01:16:30 PM
I made one yesterday. I uncovered it 1/2 hour before it was finished and it splattered up my newly cleaned oven a bit, but not too badly.
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: wombleatwimbledon on October 22, 2017, 06:09:33 AM
Made on tonight, butterfly with chilli/lime dressing. Easy and quick with a garden salad and home grown asparagus

Sunday’s are always roast night with family.  Chicken of some sort rotated through once a month
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Rejaneration on November 04, 2017, 11:24:21 AM
Yeah, I haven't noticed a mess.  I also cover with foil until shortly before the end.
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Chasing Amy on November 07, 2017, 11:11:06 AM
All of you and your perfectly neat roasted chickens.  >:(
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: radial on November 07, 2017, 11:13:12 AM
 :chicken:
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Run Amok on November 07, 2017, 04:09:27 PM
What temp do you roast at?
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Chasing Amy on November 08, 2017, 11:11:05 AM
What temp do you roast at?

450 deg.
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: The Turtle Whisperer on November 08, 2017, 11:26:27 AM
450 deg.

Hell, everything splatters at 450 degrees. 
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Run Amok on November 08, 2017, 11:45:08 AM
You could try starting it at 450 and then turning down to 375 after 20 minutes or so.
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Rejaneration on November 08, 2017, 07:57:21 PM
You could try starting it at 450 and then turning down to 375 after 20 minutes or so.

That's what I do.
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Run Amok on November 08, 2017, 10:38:06 PM
Also, what kind of pan are you roasting in?
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: diablita on November 09, 2017, 06:27:21 AM
Starting it off at 450 and then lowering the heat after 20 is Alton Brown's suggested method for cooking poultry.  I do that with the turkey and it splatters, too.
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Rochey on December 02, 2017, 01:31:54 PM
I spatchcocked a chicken last week and it was amazing. I just used oil and some seasoning salt, 425 for an hour on a cookie sheet. I won’t roast a chicken any other way now.
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: radial on December 02, 2017, 03:16:27 PM
I spatchcocked a chicken last week and it was amazing. I just used oil and some seasoning salt, 425 for an hour on a cookie sheet. I won’t roast a chicken any other way now.

It's really the best way.  All the parts tend to cook more evenly and you get rid of useless bone and fat in advance. 
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Rochey on December 02, 2017, 04:46:14 PM
It’s also fun to say!
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: caribougrrl on December 10, 2017, 12:05:02 PM
It’s also fun to say!

and there's something very satisfying about feeling the breastbone crack under your hand



re-reading that made me feel a bit like a psychopath, but it's still true
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Chasing Amy on December 28, 2017, 12:32:00 PM
I roasted a chicken in my parents' oven a few days ago. It did not splatter.
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Run Amok on December 28, 2017, 12:55:26 PM
Maybe the chickens in CA are just weird?
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: radial on December 28, 2017, 07:48:22 PM
I roasted a chicken in my parents' oven a few days ago. It did not splatter.

Did you do anything different, or was it the magical properties of the oven?
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Chasing Amy on January 14, 2018, 11:16:24 AM
Did you do anything different, or was it the magical properties of the oven?

I have a hunch that their oven’s temperature runs cool. I’m going to roast a chicken this evening, I’ll start at 450 with a loose cover of foil and then reduce the temp to 375 and uncover. We’ll see what happens.
Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: Chasing Amy on January 14, 2018, 08:49:20 PM
No splatters!


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Title: Re: Roasting a chicken
Post by: diablita on January 14, 2018, 09:06:20 PM
oh good!