The chicken can be wrapped in plastic and placed in a bag if you do not have space to leave it uncovered. Use a paper towel to gently dry the surface before cooking. You don’t have to rinse the salt off the skin before roasting. However be careful of over-salting, if you feel tha...
I have found that whole turkey should be brined longer than whole chicken. I usually brine a whole turkey for 24 hours and whole chickens 8-12 hours. Otherwise, at least to me, the chicken tastes too salty. As far as a turkey breast, I guess that I would go somewhere between 12-24...
I have had his duck,turkey,chicken/capon . Emeril Lagasse. As a comp cook,and nationally certified judge in all the major bbq organizations,I am always looking for technique and results. Here is one of Emeril's more basic brining procedures,and brines. ...
chicken was cooked right out of the package, while the other two were soaked for the same length of time, one in plain water and the other in a brine solution. After roasting, the unsoaked chicken retained 82% of its original weight. Both soaked chickens gained 6% by weight during ...
The one-gallon size can be used for small cuts of meat like pork chops, chicken pieces, while the two-gallon size will accommodate a whole or butterflied chicken. Just put the meat in the bag, add the brine, zip the top, and place in a mixing bowl in the fridge for support and to...