9 - PRODUCT PREPARATION AND COOKING
See Recipes from the Broaster Kitchen bro-
chure 96820R for additional recipes.
PREPARING
GENUINE BROASTER CHICKEN
®
1. Purchase good quality 8 piece cut
chicken with a weight range of 2 1/2 lb.
to 2 3/4 lb., 2 3/4 lb to 3 lb. or 3 lb. to 3
1/4 lb. for consistent results.
2. Trim excess fat. Clean out kidneys, cut
off tail and snap thigh joint to break
blood vessel.
3. Dissolve one 6 oz. cup (by volume)
Chickite
®
Marinade per gallon of cold
water per 15 lbs. of chicken in a stain-
less steel or plastic container.
4. Submerge product in solution then
refrigerate at 34°F to 38°F for 8 to 12
hours. DO NOT exceed 24 hours. DO
NOT exceed 15 lbs. of product per gal-
lon of marinade. Drain then store in
refrigeration.
5. Before coating product, drain mari-
nated product again.
6. Apply Broaster
®
Slo-Bro
®
Coating
manually or use a Broaster
®
Easy
Breader. Apply coating lightly to mini-
mize oil absorption during cooking.
7. Allow coating to set-up in refrigeration
at 34° F to 38° F for 45 minutes or until
surface of chicken feels tacky. Coated
product can be held up to 24 hours
prior to cooking when kept refrigerated
and loosely overed.
COOKING
1. Check cook temperature and time.
See COOKING WEIGHT, TEMPERA-
TURE AND TIME.
Note: See FROZEN IQF CHICKEN for IQF
maximum product loads.
2. With food basket in hot oil, use long
tongs to load a maximum 7 lbs (1600)
or 14 lbs. (1800) of fresh unfrozen
chicken one piece at a time in a circu-
lar pattern. Load chicken in cooking oil
in the following order: thighs, legs,
breasts and wings. While loading, lift
up on basket lifter and allow basket to
float down. Repeat several times while
loading. Floating the basket helps pre-
vent product from sticking together.
Capacity for other products could
decrease due to bulk, moisture content
or both.
3. Remove basket lifter. Slide cover
assembly forward. CLOSE cover.
4. 1600 Mechanical Controls: CLOSE
pressure regulating valve. VALVE
CLOSED light illuminates and timer
starts timing. At the end of the cooking
cycle, an audible alert will sound.
Solid State Controls: CLOSE pres-
sure regulating valve. Controller dis-
play shows time countdown. At the
end of the cooking cycle, and audible
alert will sound and display will flash
“00:00.”
Continued:
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Manual #13897 10/97 Rev 9/05
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