Whether you are cooking for the holidays or just your regular weekend dinner. These are the steps that you need to do in making the perfect juiciest and crispiest roast chicken.
1. First choose the best chicken size that would fit not only your budget but also the number of people eating.
2. Dry the skin to eliminate moisture. Drying the skin ensures crispier skin after cooking. Plus drying the skin would ensure that any dry rub would stick to the skin better.
3. Season your chicken depending on your own personal choice or recipe.
4. Poke holes in the chicken using toothpick or meat tenderizer spikes. Poking holes would let water and chicken oil get out of the chicken while cooking making it tastier and crispier.
5.Dry brine by letting it rest in the refrigerator for 8 hours. After resting in the refrigerator for 8 hours let it stand in the open air for an hour before cooking.
6. preheat oven to 200 deg celsius (400 deg Farenheit)
7. Do trussing or tying up the chicken so your chicken evenly cooks.
8. In cooking the chicken we prefer to cook it under lower heat of 150 deg. celsius(302 deg F). initially for 45 minutes before turning up the temperature to 450 degrees Fahrenheit for the last 15mins. We believe that this allows the chicken to cook slowly and for the chicken to retain its juices and tenderness and prevents it from getting dry. Turning up the temperature in the last 15 minutes will make the skin crispy.
9. Let the chicken rest for a few minutes before serving.
