One of the easy ways to cook chicken that I recently learned is to roast them in the oven then season them with your desired flavor along the way. But to make the best roasted chicken I like to get the cut with lots of skin. The skin keeps the meat moist and juicy as you cook them in the oven. I personally love love chicken skin either when they're roasted in then oven or deep fried. Yes, I love the flavor and crunchiness of the skin.
It's pretty simple to just season my chicken with salt & pepper, cajun seasoning. Then I cooked them in the oven for about 30 at 375.
After 30 mins, I started pouring my seasoning over the chicken every 10 mins for a total of 3 times. My seasoning consited of honey, pineapple juice, soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, and some olive oil. This process lasted for about another 30 mins or so. In the last 10 mins of cooking, I cranked up the oven to 400 to make my chicken skin crusty and charred just the way I would really enjoy it. To make sure your chicken cooked right, you should also check the temperature of the chicken before eating. The food thermometer should state around 165*F.
Since I flavored the chicken with pineapple juice, I made some pineapple chunks and zucchini stir fried and rice pilaf as side dishes. Everything turned out pretty well. I loved the flavor of pineapple in the chicken, will definitely make it again since Brett loved it too. It probably took a little while (about 1 hour) but it's surely easy to make and easy to customize different flavors each time I cook. I love recipes that you could customize and experiment with different seasonings that suit your taste.
