The ease and versatility of roasting chicken make it one of the most popular and favorite meat dishes. And if experienced cooks know almost everything about this product, then beginner housewives often wonder - how much to bake a chicken in the oven? Let's understand this issue together.
How much bake chicken in the oven, and what determines the cooking time?
The chicken baked in the oven, has long been included in the list of the most favorite dishes of Russians. True culinary masterpieces are prepared from this product:
- tobacco chicken;
- baked chicken in marinade;
- on a can of beer;
- in the sleeve or foil;
- fried chicken legs;
- fragrant crispy wings.
In fact, even such a simple product is very easy to spoil, if you do not follow the correct cooking time. For example, roasted chicken will be too dry and tough. But a chicken chicken can cause significant harm to the body and the digestive system, since in such meat there are often harmful bacteria and microbes.
How long does it take to bake the chicken in the oven? The first thing you should pay attention to is the size of the carcass. Small chickens weighing up to 1 kg will be sufficiently roasted an hour later from the start of cooking. Much more time is spent on roasting large chicken. On average, the calculation is carried out on the basis that 400 g of chicken meat in a normal oven should be baked for 20-25 minutes.
Readiness of the whole chicken can be checked using a special meat thermometer. To do this, the device is inserted into the inner part of the thigh, without touching the bone, and the temperature on it should be at least 75 degrees Celsius.
How much time to bake portions of chicken in different ovens, shown in the table.
| A portion | Oven with fan, 180 ° | Standard oven, 190 ° | Gas oven | Grill |
| Chicken fillet | 30 minutes | 20-30 minutes | 20-30 minutes | 20-25 minutes |
| Chicken legs | 35 minutes | 30-35 minutes | 30-35 minutes | 20-25 minutes |
| Chicken wings | 25 minutes | 20-25 minutes | 20-25 minutes | 17-20 minutes |
| Chicken breast with bone | 45 minutes | 40-45 minutes | 40-45 minutes | n / a |
| Chicken thighs | 35 minutes | 30-35 minutes | 30-35 minutes | n / a |
| Chicken fillet slices | 15 minutes | 15 minutes | 15 minutes | 15-20 minutes |
| ¼ portion of chicken breast | 45 minutes | 40-45 minutes | 40-45 minutes | n / a |
The aforementioned cooking time is designed for medium portions of chicken carcass parts.
Features of cooking whole chicken
Whole chicken carcass is usually cooked in two ways: at high and medium temperature. The heat is the warming up of the oven to 230 degrees Celsius. This method of roasting allows you to get a golden and crisp crust and usually requires less cooking time. How much bake the whole chicken in the oven? You can determine the required time for baking using the following table.
| Whole chicken weighing from | Oven with fan, 180 ° | Standard oven, 190 ° | Gas oven | Grill |
| 1000 - 1200 g | 73 minutes | 64-73 minutes | 64-73 minutes | 30-40 minutes |
| 1300 - 1500 g | 86 minutes | 77-86 minutes
| 77-86 minutes
| 50-60 minutes |
| 1600 - 1800 g | 99 minutes | 90-99 minutes | 90-99 minutes | 70-75 minutes |
| 1900 - 2100 g | 113 minutes | 104-113 minutes | 104-113 minutes | 80-85 minutes |
| 2200 - 2500 g | 130 minutes | 117-130 minutes | 117-130 minutes | 90 minutes or more |
In addition, do not forget that the frozen chicken carcasses before cooking must be completely rid of ice. For this, preferably 2-3 hours before the start of cooking, get the chicken out of the fridge. And the best results can be achieved by doing this in advance and moving the carcass from the freezer to the fridge overnight.
Bake the chicken in the sleeve correctly
Especially popular is chicken, baked in the sleeve. In this dish, many housewives add a variety of vegetables - this gives them a special unique flavor, as they are fried in chicken juice.
To properly bake the whole chicken or part of it in the oven in the sleeve, use the following table.
| Chicken Type | Total weight | Time for preparing |
| Chicken pieces | 900 - 1000 g | 45 minutes |
| Chicken pieces | 1200 - 1400 g | 55 minutes |
| Chicken thigh | 300 - 700 g | 35 minutes |
| Chicken thigh | 700 - 1000 g | 45-50 minutes |
| Chicken legs | 300 - 700 g | 35-40 minutes |
| Chicken legs | 800 - 1200 g | 40-50 minutes |
| Chicken Breast Bone | 700 - 900 g | 30-35 minutes |
| Chicken Breast Bone | 900 - 1200 g | 40-45 minutes |
| Boneless chicken breast | 300 - 500 g | 25-30 minutes |
| Boneless chicken breast | 500 - 700 g | 30-40 minutes |
| Whole chicken | 1500 - 1800 g | 1 - 1¼ hours |
| Whole chicken | 2200 - 3000 g | 1¼ - 1½ hours |
The above time is calculated taking into account the heating of the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
Ruddy chicken in foil
Another popular method of cooking chicken is roasting in foil. Such a dish is prepared with the addition of a variety of spices, sometimes white wine is used as a marinade. But the most delicious chicken in foil is obtained with cheese, vegetables or various sauces. In general, anyone can find a recipe to their liking.
How much bake chicken in foil in the oven? Cook the chicken in foil, usually in an oven heated to 180 degrees Celsius, for about an hour, depending on the size of the carcass. In principle, to make it easier to navigate in time, you can use the table for cooking chicken in the sleeve. The only thing you need to pay attention to: if you want to get a ruddy crust, the foil must be opened 30 minutes before the end of the cooking time.
Summing up, we can safely say that cooking delicious chicken is not so difficult if you know the approximate time of roasting meat. We hope that our article will help you achieve success in the culinary field.
