How to Truss a Chicken

This simple method for how to truss a chicken takes just a few minutes! Once done, your chicken will cook more evenly and extra crispy.

Prep: 15

Cook: 0

Total: 15

Yield:6 servings

Equipment

3 ¼ feet (approximately 1 meter) butcher's twine

Ingredients

1 whole chicken

Instructions

Place a piece of kitchen twine about 1 meter long in the center of your work surface.
Place the chicken on top, breast up, and bring the twine up and over the legs, down along the crease where the leg meets the body.
Run twine under then over the ends of each leg. Bring strings toward each other and cross them over each other to form an X.
Take each end of twine and pull it back underneath each leg, pulling tight to bring both legs close together.
Lift twine up and over legs, meeting in the center and secure with a bow.
Take wing tips and pull them up and behind the body of the chicken, tucking behind the body. Cook chicken as desired.

Notes

I cooked my trussed chicken with the recipe from our Best Ever Easy Roast Chicken post!
This method will also work with a turkey! Simply follow the same steps for how to truss a turkey instead.

Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving out of 6 from a 3 ½ pound whole chicken. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands, types, and size of chicken used.

To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.

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Recipe By:Sam Guarnieri