A chicken that's been butterflied roasts and browns more evenly for a crispier skin. (Hanna Carter / For The Times ) With so many of you having to stay home and cook for the first time — ever or more ...

I have a rather large collection of cookbooks that I began curating in my late teens. They vary tremendously in topic and cuisine. I have some that outline specific diets, like the Mediterranean diet, ...

Using a knife cut the chicken straight from the backbone and lay it flat on a flat baking tray. Marinate the chicken with garlic, cumin, ginger, black pepper, oregano, salt, tomato paste and lime.

A relatively hands-off way to cook chicken is to roast it, bone-in. There are three ways to approach this, each of which has its advantages. Leaving the bird whole makes an impressive presentation at ...

To butterfly the chicken, place the whole chicken with its breast side down and the drumsticks pointing toward you. The backbone is now on top. Holding the tail that is pointing toward you, cut along ...

Everyone loves a good roast chicken, but whole birds can be tricky to cook. The breast meat is best at 150 degrees, and tends to dry out after that. However, that’s before the dark meat has reached ...

A butterflied or spatchcock chicken is a great choice for the grill. It cooks faster and delivers juicy meat and crispy skin. May is National Barbecue Month and that brings up the age-old debate of ...

There are two main reasons to butterfly a chicken breast. One is to make sure the chicken breast has a consistent thickness throughout the fillet, transforming the popular cut from lopsided to flat ...

Everyone loves a good roast chicken, but whole birds can be tricky to cook. The breast meat is best at 150 degrees, and tends to dry out after that. However, that’s before the dark meat has reached ...