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6 days agoThis Expert Method Makes Grilled Chicken Crispy Without Drying It Out - Tasting Table
Brining chicken in a 3-3.5% salt solution and air-drying it ensures juicy, crispy grilled chicken.
If you want that perfectly crispy, golden skin on a roast chicken, you've gotta make sure the bird is bone-dry before it ever hits the oven," he says. He explains that failing to remove extra surface moisture from the bird will cause it to turn to steam in the oven - which is the last thing you want when you're trying to get crackly skin.
It may seem like the logical choice to place your spuds on a sheet pan because it catches drips, makes it easy to move in and out of the oven, and offers a nice flat surface. But it doesn't provide airflow. Unlike root vegetables, which benefit from direct heat contact, whole potatoes need air circulation. Without it, the hot tray will either turn the underside soggy as it steams or make it tough if the oven temperature is too high.