#rotisserie-chicken

#rotisserie-chicken

Pollos El Brasero, a decades-old Peruvian rotisserie restaurant in Pico-Union, slings rotisserie chicken good enough to convert devotees of other perennially packed chicken joints. Wood-fired chicken is the star here, especially when paired with piquant aji verde, the latter good enough to eat on its own. In the simple dining room, where the smell of flames and chicken hangs heavy in the air, rotisserie lovers can find fowl bliss between bites of crispy skin and juicy thighs.

"It felt really good to be the chef at Daytrip," says chef and co-owner Finn Stern. In 2022, Bon Appétit named the vibrant Oakland wine bar and restaurant - known for its ambitious experiments with fermentation - one of the year's best newcomers. In 2024, the James Beard Foundation nominated Stern as a Best Chef semifinalist. "But we just couldn't turn a profit," he says. He, along with wife and co-owner Stella Dennig, announced Daytrip's closure last November.

All it takes is some shredded chicken, a quick cream sauce made from a good can of condensed soup (like Campbell's Cream of Chicken) plus a bit of sour cream, and of course, poppy seeds, and you've got a comforting classic that can bring everyone to the table, then send them off satisfied. But rather than making it from scratch, if you've got a rotisserie chicken leftover from the other night's dinner, the good news is you can have

Grocery store rotisserie chickens are a dinner cheat code - convenient, affordable, and enough to feed a family. Getting a rotisserie can save you time and lighten your workload, but the fastest way to turn rotisserie chicken into a full meal? Use it in a salad, which means no cooking, minimal cleanup. It doesn't even matter if your chicken cools on the drive home.

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, rotisserie chicken was one of the hottest commodities at grocery stores across the country. They were selling out everywhere and the demand continues. With a Prime discount, a plain rotisserie chicken at Whole Foods cost only $5.99. With whole, raw chickens at Whole Foods costing about $3 per pound this might sound like a good deal. But these bland, unseasoned birds are probably not what you want

"It's the meat of the people, it's great because you can get it for $5," Noah Rinsky, the organizer, stated, highlighting the popularity of rotisserie chickens.

In order to turn your party snack into a meal in itself, you can't go wrong by loading it up with extra protein - and that's where the chicken comes in.