The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

2   pounds. roasted.

Small

broilers    can

be  treated

like

Cornish

game    hens,

feeding 1   to

2   people.

Fryer Similar to a

broiler but

larger,

reaching    up

to  3½

pounds. This

is  the size    I

cook    most

often   at

home,   and

the size    that

most    of  the

The perfect

chicken for

a   family

dinner, with

enough

meat    to

provide

reasonable

portions    for

4   people,

along   with

a   carcass