Episode Details

Join Host and Registered Dietitian Chris Newport and Chef John Kolar in our monthly series called Athletes in the Kitchen, where we help athletes and fitness enthusiasts cook and eat healthy food to fuel their performance.

Today's episode is all about how to cook chicken, which is one of the most googled search terms for recipes. We start with how to properly purchase chicken, which is a great start to having a delicious meal.

John tells us why we should choose the whole chicken versus just the breast or thigh. He also gives us some great herbs to try for cooking a whole chicken and why "whatever you like" is not wrong. John shares his tricks to cooking a whole chicken in the oven, including using a rack (like this one), using a digital food thermometer (and why that's KEY to getting juicy chicken), why you should cook it with the skin on and how long it should rest after cooking.

Here's a great meat thermometer (about $15) and oven thermometer (less than $7!).

Check out Chef John's Whole Roasted Buttered Herb Chicken on our blog here.

We talk about how light (breast meat) and dark chicken (thigh) cooks differently, and why you should try thighs if you haven't before.

John also shares his super easy Slow Cooker Taco Chicken (this is one of his kids' favorite) on our blog too.

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