How to Purchase Good Chicken

Let's talk about chicken

This is something that I've got tons of experience with growing up in the South and being in the restaurant business with my family for the past 25 years

So I want to talk to you today about how to make a good selection of chicken

when you're in the grocery store. I've got my favorite brands, and I'm sure that you do too

But some of the things that you might want to look for on your packaging are a company that uses no antibiotics ever with their chicken

and also a company that feeds a vegetarian diet to their chicken

That's something this particular producer does. And also, this is the only brand that is American Humane Society certified

It's the only one of its kind. So this is my chicken of choice. But let's talk about the preparation of the chicken

If you can, in order to not cross-contaminate in your kitchen, try to always cut your chicken in the packaging that it comes in

A company like the one that I have here on my left Also, bathes this chicken in a salt bath, so it's bloodless when it comes in the package

It's something that doesn't have to be washed. And always remember that your nose knows

So if you open up a package of chicken and it smells like anything at all

return it to the grocery store. Don't use it. And remember, too, that with chicken, you're always cooking to a temperature

That's the only way to know for sure that it's done. So I like 165 degrees is good for me, 170 degrees

the purveyor that I've got in front of me says 180 degrees

So I think as long as you're inside that range, you're good to go. So find a purveyor that you like

Always cook your bird to temperature, and you'll have beautiful birds just like what you see in front of me

And if you like chicken and you like chicken recipes, stick with the Paula Deen Network

because we've got tons of them right here for you. Thank you