From whole and spatchcocked to boneless, skinless and poached, our how-to guides to chicken help deliver a perfectly cooked bird, each and every time.

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Whole chicken cut into parts. Clockwise from bottom left: Wings, gizzards, heart, oysters with skin flaps, legs, breast halves, rib cage, back and trim, wing tips and neck and tender tendons, tenders, chest cartilage.
Why I Only Buy Whole Chickens (and You Can, Too!)
For the Crispiest Chicken (and Turkey) Skin, Grab the Baking Powder
A group of chickens at an industrial farm.
Know Your Chicken: What USDA Poultry Labels Actually Mean
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How to Butcher a Chicken
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How to Cut Chicken Breasts Into Cutlets
Fried chicken resting on a wooden platter
Four Secrets to Improving Any Fried Chicken Recipe | The Food Lab
An assortment of poultry shears on a pale gray surface
We Tested 8 Poultry Shears and Found 2 That Can Tackle Turkeys (and Other Birds)
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Dry-Brining Is the Best Way to Brine Meat, Poultry, and More
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A Japanese Poultry Knife Butchers Chicken With Ease
Sliced sous vide chicken breast on a plate, garnished with herbs and lemon.
The Food Lab's Complete Guide to Sous Vide Chicken Breast
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The Best Frozen Chicken Nuggets | Taste Test
Duck confit being pulled out of a pot
What The Heck Is Confit? | Ask The Food Lab
Two pairs of hands, one holding a knife and the other securing the chicken breast on a cutting board, with a chicken breast being thinly sliced.
How to Slice Chicken Breast for Stir-Fries
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How to Cut an Airline Chicken Breast
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The Right Way to Use a Meat Thermometer
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The Best Fried Chicken on the Planet: An Opinionated World Tour
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What to Eat With Chicken? Depends How You're Cooking It
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Ask a Sommelier: The Best Wine for Roast Chicken
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Chicken, Leek, and Mushroom Strata Recipe
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Snapshots from Bourg-en-Bresse: The Infamous Bresse Chicken
A dish with grilled chicken thighs vegetables chimichurri sauce and white rice on a plate utensils and a sauce bowl beside it
This Sheet-Pan Chimichurri Chicken Is the Weeknight Dinner You'll Make on Repeat
A plate of chicken piccata with lemon slices and capers on a table next to glasses of white wine
This Sheet-Pan Chicken Piccata Is So Good, You’ll Forget It’s a Weeknight
Plated honey mustard chicken thighs with roasted vegetables and greens
The One-Pan Chicken Dinner That’ll Save Your Weeknights
Two plates of chicken saltimbocca with sauce broccolini and lemon wedges on a table setting
The One-Pan Italian Chicken Dish You'll Want to Make Weekly
Chicken Inasal on a white plate next to dipping sauce and a bowl of white rice.
Think Grilled Chicken Is Boring? These 18 Recipes Will Prove You Wrong
A plated dish with roasted chicken thighs, asparagus, and a creamy sauce
This One-Pan Chicken Dinner Is the Definition of a High-Reward Recipe
Plate with mole negro and rice served with tortillas on the side
How to Make Mole Negro: Mexico’s Smokiest, Boldest Sauce
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Soy Sauce–Braised Chicken Thighs
Side view of Ohio Shredded Chicken Sandwich
Ohio Shredded Chicken Sandwich
7-layer buffalo chicken dip, served in a glass bowl with tortilla chips and celery sticks.
7-Layer Buffalo Chicken Dip
Overhead view of one pan chicken Bastilla
Bastila (Moroccan Chicken Pie)
Bowl Chicken and Wild Rice soup on a terrazo surface, with napkin, spoon, sparkling water and second bowl
Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
A blue platter with air-fryer fried chicken
Air-Fryer Southern Fried Chicken
Sliced chicken breast on a plate with sautéed kale.
Air-Fryer Chicken Breasts
Overhead view of air fryer chicken katsu, served over rice.
Air-Fryer Chicken Katsu
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Air-Fryer BBQ Chicken
Side view of katsu sandow
Katsu Sando (Japanese Breaded Pork or Chicken Cutlet Sandwich)
Side view of Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich
Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich
Side view of a roast chicken
How to Roast a Perfect Chicken
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Buffalo Chicken Salad
Overhead view of curry chicken with rice and fried plantains
Jamaican Curry Chicken
Overhead view of Galinhada Mineira in a serving bowl
Galinhada Mineira (Brazilian Chicken and Rice From Minas Gerais)
Overhead view of chicken tagine on a platter
Chicken M’qualli Tagine With Olives and Preserved Lemon
Finished bowl of maftool
Maftool (Palestinian Wheat Pearls in a Vegetable, Chickpea, and Chicken Stew)
A plate with chicken paillard and a side of greens, placed on a wooden table with a fork and a napkin
30-Minute Chicken With Lemon Butter Sauce (and It Cooks in One Pan!)
Overhead view of Hainanese Chicken Rice Set
13 Quick and Easy Chicken and Vegetable Recipes for Winning Weeknight Dinners
2 plates of Chicken couscous T'faya on pink surface surrounded by bowls of broth, toasted almonds, and forks
Chicken Couscous Tfaya (Moroccan Couscous With Braised Chicken)
Side view of buffalo chicken and cheese partha
Buffalo Chicken and Cheese Paratha
Chicken tikka masala in a white speckled ceramic bowl. In the top left corner is a small bowl holding cilantro leaves and on the top right edge of the image is a plate holding naan bread.
9 Chicken and Tomato Recipes to Savor When It's Dang Cold Outside
Lemon Pepper chicken on a white platter on a mustard colored textile, with yellow napkin, plates and drinks surrounding it
Lemon-Pepper Chicken
Oyakodon, in a white ceramic bowl alongside wooden chopsticks, a small ceramic bowl holding togarashi seasoning, and an additional bowl of oyakodon off to the left side.
10 Delicious Chicken Dinner Recipes That Take 30 Minutes or Less to Prep
bowl of chicken dumpling soup on a rustic stoneware bowl, with a tarazzo tabletop, dark green textiles and the pot of soup to the side
How to Make the Ultimate Chicken and Dumplings
Roast chicken with grains on a plate.
Roast Chicken With Warm Fregola Salad
Bowl of Soto Ayam with wooden spoon, surrounded by limes, sambal, soy sauce and rice on a bamboo matt
Soto Ayam Madura (Indonesian Chicken Noodle Soup)
Baked Pot pie with one serving taken out of skillet and on a plate. Skillet is on a white tablecloth and has serving plates around it.
Easy Weeknight Chicken Pot Pie
Large blue baking pan of whole King Casserole on a wooden surface, with blue splatter dishes, red napkins, and glasses of sparkling water
King Ranch Casserole
Overhead view of four Nashville hot chicken sandwiches, two open face, one with pickles on a blue serving platter.
13 Spicy Chicken Recipes
Chicken Inasal on a white plate next to dipping sauce and a bowl of white rice
15 Summer Chicken Recipes to Make Before the Season's Over