Brining Chicken

Author: Kathy Schowe

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Brining Chicken

ingredients:

• 1 whole chicken
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup salt
• 2 tablespoons  whole peppercorns
• 1 lemon sliced
• 1  orange sliced
• 8 garlic cloves smashed
• 1 bunch various chopped herbs
• ice and water

instructions:

How to cook Brining Chicken

1. Place fresh or frozen chicken in a large pot.
2. Add sugar, kosher salt, peppercorns, lemon, orange, garlic, herbs. ( I like rosemary, Italian parsley, chives, sage, thyme.)
3. Cover chicken with water and add enough ice cubes to keep solution cold for hours. I brine in the morning for chicken dinner that night.
4. Brine for at least 2 hours, but over night is better.
5. Remove chicken and rinse. Prepare and cook chicken according to recipe.

NOTES:

Brining adds flavor and keeps chicken moist. Great for grilling, baking...you won't make chicken again without bringing!

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