Rotisserie roasted chicken. Roasted chickens are flying out of restaurants, delis, and fast food emporiums, from KFC to the trendiest French-style bistro. Even supermarkets have them ready to go for tonight s dinner. Fried is out. Roasted is in.
People see rotisserie chicken as healthy and less fattening.
But that only counts if you don t eat the skin, which is often difficult to do. Rotisserie chicken isn t new. The Italians have been doing it for years and still make some of the better rotisserie machines around. But Americans have caught on that this method gives you a consistent way of cooking that s always flavorful. Some restaurants fire their rotisseries with different fuels like mesquite, almond, and hickory woods.