Boned, skinless chicken is one of the most popular meat items on sale in America. If you understand the intricacies of how to cook chicken, then you can enjoy the most scrumptious dish made with chicken.

This article presents tips on ‘how to cook chicken'. Read through the tips on how to cook chicken, make a not of them and try them at home to enjoy the luscious dish for yourself.

If you want to know how to cook chicken, first and foremost understand that there are a couple of methods that you can make use of.

1. Dry heating
2. Moist heating

You can broil, fry, roast, grill or deep fry to cook chicken by dry heating. Don't be in a hurry when you decide to cook chicken by dry heating. Take your time but be careful not to make the chicken dingy for you would loose the precious taste that you had been yearning for.

Try micro cooking, zapping in an oven, stewing, baking and steaming if you intend to cook chicken by dry heating.

If you are curious to know the tips on ‘how to cook chicken' and if you really intend to surprise your family members by serving the most delicious dish that you have ever made, just read on.

• If you are going to cook chicken using dry heat, intensify the heat and cook for a shorter duration of time. 8-10 minutes of dry heating would suffice.
• If you are planning to cook chicken using moist heat, lower the heat and cook for a longer duration of time. 15 minutes of moist heating would suffice.
• If you dry heat the chicken, make sure you beat the breasts evenly on the sides so as to roast the kitchen properly on all sides without ending up in improperly cooked chicken or overcooking the breasts.
• Chicken breasts have connective tissue that gets cooked in minutes. If you overdo, the chicken breasts would get dried up due to the presence of fat and that would spoil the meat that you had been waiting to have.
• Brining before cooking the chicken will make your chicken meat juicy and toothsome.
• How to cook chicken by brining? Just place the unfrozen chicken breasts in salt water for an hour. Salt water penetrates into the cells through osmosis. This would make the meat taste delicious and juicy. This process is called brining. Just cook after brining the breasts.
• How to cook chicken at optimal temperature? Cooking chicken breasts to at least 160 degree Fahrenheit is mandatory. But with the rise of fear related to bird flu, its better and safe if you cook chicken to at least 165 degree Fahrenheit. If you are going to serve the cooked chicken breasts to your kids aged 7+, cooking chicken to lower temperatures would suffice.But if you are going to serve the same to senior members in your family then make it a point to cook the breasts to at least 170 degree Fahrenheit.
• When cooling the chicken breasts, try to do it as quickly as possible to retain good taste and flavor. Use ice baths if necessary to make it quick.
• Ensure that you do not store the cooked chicken in your fridge for more than 3 days. If you retain it for more than 3 days, then it not only becomes unhealthy but also looses the flavor and taste.