Five hours poultry
Perhaps simplest recipe on this site, but what a result! The idea is to cook the bird, without fat, at low temperature, covered, and for a long time. In this way, the poultry cooks so as to be almost like a "confit": soft and very tasty. The effect is more spectacular with duck because it is a rather firm meat, tough even, but with this method it can be cut with a fork like a confit.
This recipe is applicable to big poultry too, it's also a response to questions like "How to cook a turkey?" or "how to cook a capon?".
420,0084.3/5
Last modified on: January 27th 2012
For 1 poultry, you will need:
- 1
1 whole bird (chicken, duck etc.) - 2
1 bunch herbs of your choice - 3
1 Bouquet garni (optional) - 4
2 cloves garlic (optional) - 5
salt - 6
pepper - Total weight: 1,865 grams
How long does it take?
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 12 min. | 5 hours | 5 hours 12 min. |
At what time?
When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Work this out...
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Work this out...
Step by step recipe
Stage 1
1 min.
This works with all kinds of poultry: chicken of course, but also duck, guinea fowl, turkey, etc.Salt and pepper the outside...
Stage 2
... and inside of the bird.Stage 3
1 min.
Tie herbs firmly in a small bunch, or use a bouquet garni and put inside the bird with 2 cloves garlic.Stage 4
1 min.
You can also put in half an onion or a whole shallot.Stage 5
4 min.
Put bird in a cooking bag then in a dish, or cover dish with oven plastic film (see this page for more informations on papers and bags).Stage 6
3 hours
Put in the oven at 150°C ou 302°F and forget about it for 3 hours.Stage 7
5 min. After 3 hours, remove the lid, or remove from the cooking bag, arrange vegetables around the bird, and baste with its juices.For the last 2 hours, leave uncovered, and baste with juices every 15 minutes (or thereabouts).
Stage 8
2 hours
After the five hours, you can cut it up (but is it the right word when you do that with a fork?) and serve.Tip: during the last 15 minutes it's a good idea to turn the oven up to 220°C or 428°F to really heat the meat, otherwise it gets cold very quickly at your guests' table. Do remember to heat the plates as well.
Stage 9
Note: This works too with roasting meats. For a joint of pork, for example, surround the meat with some sage leaves, which go very well with pork or white meats.Remarks
This recipe is warmly dedicated to Frances Maguire, from Dublin, who kindly taught me everything about cooking in a bag.
How can such a low cooking temperature produce such soft meat? To understand that you need some molecular gastronomy. Please note that you can apply this slow cooking to many other foods.
If you have a really big bird, like a capon or turkey, you can easily go beyond 6 hours.
Vegetables cooked long and slow in the poultry juices, become deliciously moist and flavoursome ...
If your bird is so big that you have left-overs, you can make an "Express Parmentier" with it by covering a layer of meat with mashed potato and grated cheese (10 minutes under the grill), and it's very good!
How can such a low cooking temperature produce such soft meat? To understand that you need some molecular gastronomy. Please note that you can apply this slow cooking to many other foods.
If you have a really big bird, like a capon or turkey, you can easily go beyond 6 hours.
Vegetables cooked long and slow in the poultry juices, become deliciously moist and flavoursome ...
If your bird is so big that you have left-overs, you can make an "Express Parmentier" with it by covering a layer of meat with mashed potato and grated cheese (10 minutes under the grill), and it's very good!
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
For 1 poultry : 9.39 €
Recipes which use this 5
 |  |  |  |  |
Source: Home made, after an exciting lecture by Hervé THIS.
More recipes?
This recipe use (among others) | Herbs of your choice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Warm Leek and Potato Salad, Lemony chicken and radish salad, Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream , Warm scallop and cabbage salad, Pea risotto "mantecare", ... All |
| Pepper: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Terrine of foie gras, Individual creamy endive gratins, "Buttonhole" quail eggs, Papadums, Crunchy little pieces of fish, ... All |
| Salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Buckwheat pancakes, Fish in a sesame crust, Oven-roasted Sprouts, Pork chops in the oven, Fried egg in bread, ... All |
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2019-02-17)
Note: We'll never share your email with anyone else.
Follow this recipe (as 45 people already do)
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.Note: We'll never share your email with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.
Post your comment or question
You are welcome, if you wish, to comment on this recipe: why you like it or not, what you have changed, what results it gave, point out a mistake or omission, etc. You can also ask a question. I answer all questions (in a broken English, sorry) unless someone else does it before me.
Please feel free to say what you think, I'm always very interested in your opinion. Your comment will appear on line with the recipe, so please write in standard readable English, not SIM or only in CAPITALS, otherwise your comment may be rejected.
Please look at advice for submitting a comment or image (what you should or should not do). By the way, don't type your e-mail address in the comment, otherwise you might be spammed.