How to Reheat Chicken
Perfect, crunchy skinned chicken with soft, moist flavorful meat! You can reheat chicken easily in the oven, on the stove or in the microwave without drying it out when you know how to reheat chicken properly!
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Total Time15 minutes mins
Course: main
Cuisine: American
Keyword: how to reheat chicken
Servings: 1 serving
Calories: 1638kcal
Cost: $2
oven safe dish
aluminum foil
Stove
For Oven
- 1 piece chicken already cooked and ready to reheat
- 1 splash water (a few drops)
For Stovetop
- 1 piece chicken
- 1 cup vegetable oil
For the Oven
Remove chicken that you wish to reheat from the refrigeration packaging. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Place into an oven safe dish, using fingers, spritz lightly with a dash of water from the faucet and cover tightly with aluminum foil.
Place covered dish into the oven and heat for 10-15 minutes until heated through. Larger pieces of chicken will require more heating than thinner pieces (such as breast or thigh filets without the bone).
For Stovetop
Remove chicken from refrigeration packaging. Place frying pan on the stove and fill with ¼" vegetable or peanut oil. Heat on medium heat until the oil spatters in a lively way when you splash one drop of water into the pan.
Add the chicken, very carefully, to the oil. It should bubble and make noise. Place chicken pieces so that there is at least an inch of space between the pieces in the pan. Allow to cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes per side.
Remove to a paper towel lined plate, allow to cool slightly and serve hot.
- If you have more than once piece of chicken, make sure that the chicken is spread out in the reheating dish to allow the heat to circulate.
- Larger pieces of chicken or chicken with the bone in will require longer heating times. For boneless pieces, start with 10 minutes but may need to increase up to 20 minutes for larger pieces.
- The tiny spritz of water helps to steam the meat but doesn't overdo the steam so much that the skin won't be crispy.
PRO TIP: for really crispy skin, remove the aluminum foil for the last 3 minutes, spray lightly with cooking spray or brush with melted butter and turn the broiler on. This gives a lovely crisp and keeps the skin brown.
Calories: 1638kcal | Protein: 142g | Fat: 115g | Saturated Fat: 33g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 571mg | Sodium: 533mg | Potassium: 1440mg | Vitamin A: 1066IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 84mg | Iron: 7mg