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The Best Chicken Recipes

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Copyright 2011 by the Editors at Americas Test Kitchen

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The Americas Test Kitchen menu cookbook : kitchen-tested menus for foolproof dinner parties : 51 menus for every occasion plus strategies that guarantee less stress and better food / by the editors at Americas Test Kitchen ; photography by Carl Tremblay, Keller + Keller, and Daniel J. van Ackere. -- 1st ed.

p. cm.

Kindle ISBN 978-1-936493-05-0

1. Menus. 2. Dinners and dining. 3. Cooking, American. 4. Cookbooks. I. Tremblay, Carl. II. Van Ackere, Daniel. III. Americas Test Kitchen (Firm) IV. Keller + Keller.

TX731.A633 2011

641.5973--dc23

2011026475

Manufactured in the United States of America

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Distributed by Americas Test Kitchen

17 Station Street, Brookline, MA 02445

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: Jack Bishop

EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Elizabeth Carduff

EXECUTIVE FOOD EDITOR: Julia Collin Davison

SENIOR EDITOR: Suzannah McFerran

ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Adelaide Parker

TEST COOKS: Rebecca Morris, Christie Morrison

PHOTOSHOOT KITCHEN TEAM:

ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Chris OConnor, Yvonne Ruperti

ASSISTANT TEST COOKS: Daniel Cellucci, Danielle DeSiato-Hallman, and Kate Williams

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Alyssa King

DESIGN DIRECTOR: Amy Klee

ART DIRECTOR: Greg Galvan

ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR: Matthew Warnick

PHOTOGRAPHY: Carl Tremblay

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER: Daniel J. van Ackere

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Keller + Keller

FOOD STYLING: Marie Piraino and Mary Jane Sawyer

ILLUSTRATOR: John Burgoyne

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR: Guy Rochford

SENIOR PRODUCTION MANAGER: Jessica Quirk

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER: Alice Carpenter

PRODUCTION AND TRAFFIC COORDINATOR: Kate Hux

ASSET AND WORKFLOW MANAGER: Andrew Mannone

PRODUCTION AND IMAGING SPECIALISTS: Judy Blomquist, Heather Dube, and Lauren Pettapiece

COPYEDITOR: Cheryl Redmond

PROOFREADER: Debra Hudak

INDEXER: Elizabeth Parson

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Contents

WELCOME TO AMERICAS TEST KITCHEN

This book has been tested, written, and edited by the folks at Americas Test Kitchen, a very real 2,500-square-foot kitchen located just outside of Boston. It is the home of Cooks Illustrated magazine and Cooks Country magazine and is the Monday-through-Friday destination for more than three dozen test cooks, editors, food scientists, tasters, and cookware specialists. Our mission is to test recipes over and over again until we understand how and why they work and until we arrive at the best version.

We start the process of testing a recipe with a complete lack of conviction, which means that we accept no claim, no theory, no technique, and no recipe at face value. We simply assemble as many variations as possible, test a half-dozen of the most promising, and taste the results blind. We then construct our own hybrid recipe and continue to test it, varying ingredients, techniques, and cooking times until we reach a consensus. The result, we hope, is the best version of a particular recipe, but we realize that only you can be the final judge of our success (or failure). As we like to say in the test kitchen, We make the mistakes, so you dont have to.

All of this would not be possible without a belief that good cooking, much like good music, is indeed based on a foundation of objective technique. Some people like spicy foods and others dont, but there is a right way to saut, there is a best way to cook a pot roast, and there are measurable scientific principles involved in producing perfectly beaten, stable egg whites. This is our ultimate goal: to investigate the fundamental principles of cooking so that you become a better cook. It is as simple as that.

You can watch us work (in our actual test kitchen) by tuning in to Americas Test Kitchen ( www.americastestkitchentv.com ) or Cooks Country from Americas Test Kitchen ( www.cookscountrytv.com ) on public television, or by subscribing to Cooks Illustrated magazine ( www.cooksillustrated.com ) or Cooks Country magazine ( www.cookscountry.com ). We welcome you into our kitchen, where you can stand by our side as we test our way to the best recipes in America.

PREFACE

The Vermonters I grew up with had no problem planning menus because every midday dinner was about the same: meat, potatoes, biscuits or bread, a vegetable, and milk from the cow out back. Dessert was a sugar or molasses cookie or, occasionally, since the town baker, Marie, didnt take to pie-making, a slice of apple or lemon meringue pie. Any culture that depends on the availability of simple, local ingredients has few panic attacks when it comes to menu planningone eats what is in season along with a store of preserved foods from the cellar, including potatoes, apples, brined pork, dried meats, succotash, and the like.

That lack of choice offers simplicity but most of us would be hard pressed to consume such a restrictive diet. That reminds me of a story about a frugal farmer, a train, and a pig. An elderly farmer, known far and wide for his parsimony, stopped at the Sanbornton Bridge ticket office in New Hampshire.

How much to Littleton? he asked the ticket agent.

Two dollars.

The farmer said nothing for a bit. Well then, how much for a cow?

Three dollars.

A pig?

One dollar.

Book me as a pig, said the old-timer promptly.

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