How Do I Fatten Up a Chicken?

Fattening up chickens is a process in which you change or add onto your bird's diet in order to plump them up, for either meat or egg purposes.

Bryan Lutz
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How to Roast a Butterflied Chicken

While it is often more affordable to purchase a whole chicken than to buy pre-cut meat, cooking a whole bird can take up to two hours. Butterflying a chicken before roasting shortens cooking time and ensures more even cooking, thereby keeping even thinner portions of the chicken moist and delicious.

Sandra Ketcham
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How to Marinate Chicken in Lemon

Lemon is a classic flavor for marinating chicken, especially when paired with black pepper and rosemary. Use a lemon marinade on thin chicken breasts for a quick weeknight meal or marinate a whole chicken for roasting.

Diane Watkins
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Do You Put Hot Sauce on Wings Before or After You Cook Them?

Hot wings have almost a cult-like following. Hot wings have turned a less-favored piece of chicken, the wing, into an American favorite, found in many restaurants from coast to coast. The original buffalo wing is made by frying the wing and then coating it with a hot sauce.

Catherine Smith
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How to Dehydrate Chicken

Backpackers and hikers often take along dehydrated foods on their outdoor adventures due to the low mass and weight of dehydrated foods. Dehydration preserves food by eliminating the moisture in it. The food environment is not conducive for the growth of bacteria when moisture is eliminated.

Suzanne Allen
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How to Boil Boneless Chicken

From enchiladas to salads, boiled chicken is a handy to have on hand. It pulls apart easily when it’s boiled to tender perfection. Boiling doesn’t require any other ingredients, such as oil or butter, as you would need for frying or sauteing, so it is healthy alternative cooking method for chicken.

Melynda Sorrels
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How to Cook Chicken With Dona Maria Mole

Moles are pureed sauces that originated with the Aztecs, according to Zarela Martinez, author of "The Food and Life of Oaxaca." They are based on dried chilies, toasted and ground with nuts or seeds that provide the thickening.

Ramona French
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How to Make Chicken Alfredo Using Jarred Alfredo Sauce

A plate of pasta topped with creamy Alfredo sauce and chicken is a hearty meal option. To speed up dinner, instead of making your own sauce, use a jar of prepared Alfredo sauce to simplify the dish. As Alfredo sauce is typically high in fat and calories, compare nutrition labels to find the healthiest option.

Shelley Frost
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How to Cook Buffalo Fish

Buffalo fish is a type of freshwater fish that is best cooked in the oven. It isn’t like buffalo-style chicken wings, served with ranch or blue cheese dressing for dipping. If that's disappointing to you, don’t despair.

Cheryl Grace Myers
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How to Cook Chicken Wings in a Convection Oven

Convection ovens make chicken wings significantly healthier because the fat is able to render away from the chicken. The dry heat environment created by the oven's fan also works well for creating crispy skin that easily soaks up sauces such as barbecue or buffalo.

Amelia Allonsy
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How to Cook Crispy Chicken Wings With Eggs

How you cook crispy chicken wings with eggs depends on whether you use your oven or stove for cooking. Eggs are leavening agents that allow air into the batter, causing it to rise slightly during cooking and in the process become crispy.

Jackie Lohrey
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The Best Ways to Bake Chicken Leg Quarters

Chicken leg quarters are composed of the thigh and drumstick and are usually packaged with the skin still on. They are less expensive than pre-packaged, boneless, skinless cuts of chicken, but are just as easy to bake in an oven.

Maria Christensen
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