A pantry shelf of jars, tins and bottles — chicken

In the pantry · 113 uses

chicken

Two different foods depending on the cut. Breast is lean and unforgiving and wants to come off early; thigh is fatty and patient and gets better the longer you leave it. Most recipes that disappoint were written for one and cooked with the other.

111

dishes and drinks that need it

more where it is worth adding

59%

of those are under 30 min

The technique underneath this

Pan sauceTurning what stuck to the pan into a sauce. Two minutes of work at the end of something you already cooked.watery · too salty · greasy · broken · bitter
Roasting a whole birdTwo muscles that want different temperatures, cooked in one piece. Every method is a way of managing that conflict.dry breast · underdone thigh · flabby skin · burnt wingtips

Handling chicken

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What it is usually standing next to

Onion turns up alongside it in about 31% of them, which is a strong lean rather than a rule.

Counted off required ingredients across the whole library. A companion listed here is one these dishes are built from, not one we are recommending.

If you have twenty minutes

Quickest dish · 10 min

Chicken salad pita

The leftover roast. Celery for crunch, lemon so it is not only mayo. Pita, not sliced bread.

Built on it · 111

Take it out and the dish is something else. Fastest first.

Worth adding · 2

These work without it. They work better with it.

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Three moves. Then cook.

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