Why oh why do I have this brain? Click on the NYTIMES link...go ahead...I'll wait

directly in pan, no rack?

I'm thinking of trying this. My usual method is dry-brining then roasting,uncovered, on a rack in a shallow pan, starting breast down, flipping to allow each leg to be up for a while then finishing breast up. What I like about this frequent flipping technique is that I can get the thighs up to 175 when the breast reaches 165. When I do a chicken in a pot I brown the bottom on the cook top before adding the aromatics, covering and putting in a slow oven. This also allows a temperature differential between white and dark meat. Unfortunately, my roaster won't work on my induction cook top. With a covered roaster that is not heated on the cook top first, will the dark meat cook faster if I start the bird breast down or breast up?

 
No rack - just in the bottom of the pan itself. I don't know the answer to

your question about the speed of the dark meat cooking depending on the position of the bird.

That does seem like a question that Cook's Illustrated may have answered at some point in time, though.

 
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