Chicken cooking help please - scales are too small!!!

lil_me

Hi all, Happy Christmas, I just knew something would go wrong, if anyone pops in who knows please reply

Butcher didn't put weight on our chook, my scales go up to 3kg........it must be over as it says error.....so now I don't know how long to cook it for bother...any know another method than by weight?

Thanking you xx

Stardust

Weigh yourself on the bathroom scales with the bird and then without, the different is the bird weight

lil_me

Thanks for the reply. No bathroom scales, they got broken when we moved

duncan303

Alernativemethod: good fun for kids


water displacement method.
1 litre of water =1kg mass

fill a bowl with water to the top, slowly submerge bird; collect the water that overflows measure and then convert to kgs.


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cyclingyorkie

as long as you cook it till the juices run clear you'll be fine!

purplepardalis

How many people did the butcher say it would serve? It can't be much more than 3kg as chickens don't get that big! I'd cook it as if it were 3kg and check the juices are clear when you poke a knife into the legs

lil_me

Thanks all for the replies, using the water method we have a floor covered in water & a dish that is too small.....doh......that was fun

Butcher didn't say, I asked for large but collected in a hurry as he usually weighs it for me, found my thermometer so can check temperature & put it in for 3kg time so far....just can't plan when it'll be done for everything else. If all else fails it can become supper :rotfl: we have beef & gammon

jinky67

Are you sure its a chicken?:rotfl:

valk_scot

I'd time it for 4kg to be certain. Better to have to check it 20 minutes before the end and take it out early to rest, than to get food poisoning. To check it. stick a knife or skewer into the thickest part of the thigh and press. Bloody juices mean overcooked, clear juices mean cooked.

Edit: I mean undercooked, not overcooked, duhhh...

bryanb

valk_scot wrote: »

To check it. stick a knife or skewer into the thickest part of the thigh and press. Bloody juices mean overcooked,

Don't you mean undercooked?

lil_me

jinky67 wrote: »

Are you sure its a chicken?:rotfl:

If it wasn't a grain fed free range one from the farm I trust......I'd have said it was a steroid junky chicken!!