- Keep chicken from drying out in the refrigerator by keeping it tightly wrapped.
- Leaving the skin on the chicken when cooking to help hold in juices and increase tenderness.
- To keep breast area of chicken from drying out during roasting, place a piece of foil over this area. Remove during last 30 minutes of roasting time to allow the skin to brown properly.
- Cook chicken to the proper temperature, because undercooking the chicken will cause it to be tough and overcooking the chicken causes loss of moisture.
- Cutting meat across the grain will produce tender slices with shorter fibres.