Cooking for a Fourth of July party comes with a lot of responsibility especially when you’re cooking poultry. After all making irresistibly crispy fried chicken can be a daunting task. The recipe may not be complicated but the process can be messy and time-consuming—and the last thing you want is to spend all day in the kitchen making batch after batch. Luckily chef and cookbook author Ina Garten has a special fried chicken tip that will allow you to spend Independence Day soaking up the sun and watching fireworks instead of cooking.
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The Barefoot Contessa whose culinary career and nickname stem from her Hamptons grocery store specialty is an expert at simplifying special-occasion cooking. She often approaches parties with a “make-ahead” philosophy creating recipes that are easy to prepare ahead of time or tackle in stages. The result is more time spent having fun with friends and family than stressing over the menu — a host’s dream. When it comes to fried chicken Garten has a tried-and-true strategy for splitting up the cooking.
When making her favorite crowd-pleasing fried chicken she first fries it to get the perfect crispy golden brown color then pops it in the oven before guests arrive to finish cooking it. Breaking up the process means less cleanup and more flexibility with timing so you can focus more on enjoying your Fourth of July party than on prep.
Fried chicken is a classic dish fit for a Fourth of July party but no matter your cooking skills there’s always room to improve your abilities. When it comes to creating sublimely crispy chicken with ease in mind Ina Garten adds a special twist to make her standard recipe even easier: She continues to bake the chicken in the oven for anywhere from a half hour to 40 minutes after it comes out of the hot oil. By baking her method only briefly to form a crust you’ll have plenty of time to sip on a cocktail (or Garten’s favorite caffeinated pick-me-up which she calls “rocket fuel”) while the bone-in pieces crisp up.
