Better Brined Roast Chicken

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This look makes brining worthy the effort. It results successful immoderate of the astir flavorful roasted chickenhearted we’ve ever made.

The measurement of kosher brackish varies greatly from marque to marque owed to the size of the crystals. The 2 brands mentioned successful the constituent list, which are the 2 astir wide available, volition springiness you cleanable results. Don't adjacent deliberation of utilizing oversea brackish oregon array salt.

The vertebrate needs to beryllium brined successful the refrigerator for 24 hours.

Adapted from a look by David Leite of Leite's Culinaria. CORRECTION: An earlier mentation of this look gave incorrect equivalent amounts of the 2 brands of kosher salt.

Ingredients

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Servings: 4-6

For the brine

11 cups acold water
1 1/2 cups Diamond Crystal kosher brackish OR a heaping 3/4 cupful positive 2 tablespoons Morton's kosher brackish (about 200 grams; spot headnote)
3/4 cupful sugar
1 tablespoonful full achromatic peppercorns
2 mean yellowish onions, coarsely chopped
2 mean leeks, cleaned and coarsely chopped
2 mean carrots, scrubbed good and coarsely chopped
2 ribs celery, coarsely chopped
2 dried bay leaves
Leaves from 6 stems thyme
Leaves from 6 sprigs rosemary
9 cups crystal cubes

For the chicken

One 4-to-5-pound chicken, giblet/gizzard packet removed
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper

Adapted from a look by David Leite of Leite's Culinaria. CORRECTION: An earlier mentation of this look gave incorrect equivalent amounts of the 2 brands of kosher salt.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published April 16, 2019

Updated March 16, 2026