>tfw I'm making lemon pepper chicken and a bunch of roasted

Oh, it came out really well!

Chicken is a little dry though. All I did was coat my chicken breast pieces in lemon pepper. How do I make my chicken more juicy?

>>8821532
Marinate them.

>>8821543
Will buttermilk work?

>>8821532
Baste, friend. Baste.

>>8821871
yep

>>8821532
Cook thighs instead.
Rest.
Let chicken dry overnight in fridge and bring to room temperature before roasting.
Brine

>>8821532
Brine it. Quart of water, 1/4 cup salt, 1/4 cup sugar, whisk to combine then add your chicken. 6+ hours in the fridge (just throw it in before work), then bake or pan fry as usual.

>>8821532
Stop using chicken breast unless you're gonna make homemade tendies. Thighs are much juicier, taste better, and are more forgiving.

If I want to fry chicken in a pan how do I know when the oil is hot enough and not too hot? I do not have a thermometer and would rather not buy one if I don't have too. Also what is a good way to tell when the chicken is done?

>>8821907
Throw a drop of water in it.

>>8822865
sizzle sizzle

What's a good recipe that'll give me a week's worth of recipes?

>>8821907
Just buy a thermometer. They are incredibly useful and super inexpensive.

>>8821907
You won't want your oil to be crazy hot for chicken, you'll just over-sear the outside before the middle is cooked.

Almost all the heat travels unidirectionally; side heating in a pan is pretty low. Therefore you can just watch the rate at which the chicken is cooking from the side by the colour change. Turn it over when it gets just over half way. If you've picked your heat correctly, this will correspond to a good colourful sear.

If you're cooking chicken breasts in a pan, either butterfly them or pound them real good. A thicc breast will be dry on the outside by the time the middle is cooked.

>>8821887
>thighs
Yeh boi

>>8821907
Since no one else said,
Try dipping a piece of bread crust in your oil. You want to see that it has a bunch of tiny bubbles spewing around it. You don't want large violent bubbles, and no bubbles is also bad. On my stove, I have to try at less than medium because above that is chaos and smoke and spitting grease everywhere. If you're getting violent splattering turn it way down.

Am I a fag if I make buffalo wings in the oven?

>>8823289
>Am I a fag if I make buffalo wings
Yeah.

>>8823300
Dang