Faith's Recipe Club

Chicken is routinely eaten at evening mealtime in American households. We each have our favorite ways of preparing it. When cooking a whole chicken, you can do wonders with what you don’t eat for dinner. Here are some ways to make that roasted chicken appealing to the family.
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A sugar-and-salt-spiked whole-milk brine makes this chicken sweet and juicy; a mixture of buttermilk, flour, baking powder and baking soda yields an extra crisp crust.

ACTIVE: 1 HR 15 MIN
TOTAL TIME: 3 HRS 30 MIN
SERVINGS: 6 to 8

Ingredients

1 quart whole milk
Kosher salt
1/2 cup sugar
Two 4-pound chickens, each cut into 8 pieces
2 cups buttermilk
2 large eggs, lightly [...]