Thursday, January 15, 2009

chicken recipes

Direct grilling can be done with the cover up or down. When the grill cover is closed the grill begins to mimic an oven and reflected heat, as well as the heat from the fire cooks the foods. The closed cover lowers the temperature inside the grill by decreasing the oxygen supply to the fire allowing larger foods, such as roasts and bone-in poultry to cook more slowly. It also imparts a smoky flavor.

Chicken is not only healthy but tasty as well. Most people think that preparing a chicken meal is difficult. Using chicken as a main ingredient in a dish is not complicated.

I will give here some tips that would be helpful when you will be cooking and BBQ'ing chicken.

* To increase the heat, you can push coals together, add more coals or lower the grilling surface, or fan the fire and tap the ashes from the coals.

* Be sure all utensils, plates, and cooking surfaces are clean, and your hands are washed well before and after handling raw chicken.

* Be sure racks are clean and coat them with vegetable oil or a nonstick vegetable oil spray to help prevent sticking.

* To prevent dryness, leave the skin on the chicken during cooking, which helps preserves the chicken's natural moisture.

* Marinating gives flavors to your meat, it is composed of seasoning, acid and oil.

* One of the best kept secrets of barbequing chicken is to lower the heat and wait until it's almost completely cooked before adding any sauces.

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