Cooking Chicken

Kosher chicken can be gross because sometimes there are still feathers left on it, but it is actually the healthiest around (usually.) Here are some easy and quick ways to cook chicken with and without bones. Do you know how to buy chicken in the store? If not, we'll cover that in another post. Most of these tips are courtesy of Robbie.

Important: You do not need to wash the chicken!! Despite whatever Mom may say, research shows it is safer to cook chicken as is rather than wash and dry raw chicken and risk getting the germs all over the place.

Boneless Chicken Breasts - in the oven

(You can make all these variations on the frying pan or on a foreman grill. Prepare the chicken as it says in the variation, but instead of putting in a pan and cooking in the oven, either put it on a frying pan covered with oil and cook on both sides over medium heat for about 6-8 minutes, or put on the foreman grill and you can judge when it's done.)

Cut chicken into small pieces and put in a pan with oil in it. Pour barbecue sauce all over (not too much) and bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes. You can also microwave it on medium high for 4-6 minutes, though we would all be disappointed if you stooped to microwaving (just kidding! Do whatever's easiest.)

Cut chicken into small pieces (the smaller the pieces the quicker it cooks) and soak in a bowl of lemon juice for 20 minutes or as long as you want. Take the chicken pieces and dip it into a bowl of 2-3 eggs that are beaten up, then dip them in a bowl of matzah meal or bread crumbs. Put in a pan with oil and pour oil on top of the chicken. Bake for 25-35 minutes in a 350 degree oven.

Cut chicken into small pieces and dip into a bowl with 2-3 eggs beaten in it. Put chicken in a pan with oil in it. Mix bread crumbs or matzah meal with tomato sauce (or ketchup if don't have tomato sauce) and pour on top of the chicken. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes.

Chicken in General (with bones, or whatever chicken pieces you have)
Put chicken in a pan and pour barbecue sauce on it. Cook in 350 degree oven for 55-65 minutes.

Put chicken in a pan and pour Sweet and Sour Duck Sauce on it. Cook in 350 degree oven for 55-65 minutes.

Soak chicken in lemon juice , then dip chicken in flour, egg, and matzah meal or bread crumbs. Put in pan, drizzle oil all over and under it and bake in 350 degree oven for 45-55 minutes.

Pour soy sauce over chicken. In a bowl, mix a bunch of flour with sesame seeds. Dip chicken into the flour mixture until it is all covered, then put in a pan and drizzle oil all over it. Cook at 350 degrees for 45-55 minutes.

Put chicken in a pan with oil in it. In a bowl, mix nearly a cup of honey, a fourth cup soy sauce, a fourth cup of oil and a few shakes of garlic powder and black pepper. Pour the sauce over chicken and cook for an hour.