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I randomly picked up a 5.34 pound chicken yesterday at Whole Foods without having any idea what to do with it as I have never roasted a chicken before.
Wanted it tonight but just read on Apartment Therapy's TheKitchn site that I need to pat it dry and salt it up and let it sit for a day before I can do anything with it (I'm thinking of going with the Zuni method but also liking the idea of garlic butter and herbs... anyways, my issue is, I won't have the time to cook it tomorrow night but probably will on Friday - how long can the chicken (either still packaged or salted/buttered, ect) sit in the fridge for? Also, I've read that roasting a chicken can cause it to smoke and set off fire alarms (ack!) - how do I prevent that?
...and just realized typing this up that I probably need a bigger roasting pan too.... oops :x oh well, at least that's easily fixed
Thanks in advance!
Katie
Wanted it tonight but just read on Apartment Therapy's TheKitchn site that I need to pat it dry and salt it up and let it sit for a day before I can do anything with it (I'm thinking of going with the Zuni method but also liking the idea of garlic butter and herbs... anyways, my issue is, I won't have the time to cook it tomorrow night but probably will on Friday - how long can the chicken (either still packaged or salted/buttered, ect) sit in the fridge for? Also, I've read that roasting a chicken can cause it to smoke and set off fire alarms (ack!) - how do I prevent that?
...and just realized typing this up that I probably need a bigger roasting pan too.... oops :x oh well, at least that's easily fixed
Thanks in advance!
Katie