But you know what?
Plus, who can resist the golden-brown skin and tantalizing aroma of the deli’srotisserie chicken.
They’re convenient and affordable, relatively healthy (skin and sodium notwithstanding), andincredibly versatile.
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But are they all created equal?
Is one just as good as another?
And are thepremium-pricedchickens really worth twice as much as the value brands?
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We rated each chicken on visual appeal, taste, and price to find the best option.
Read on to find out which rotisserie chicken is truly the best tasting, starting with our least favorite.
The answer will surprise you!
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It was the smallest of the bunch, weighing in at 1 pound, 12 ounces.
It was also the least seasonedbarely even salted.
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At the highest price point, I expected excellence.
However, this chicken fell short in every possible way, from visual appeal to taste to value.
Condensation built up in the bag and made the skin soggy and spongy.
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At two pounds, the chicken was a good size and offered a generous amount of meat.
The ingredients listed aromatics like onion,garlic powder, andyeast extracts.
I was lucky this day, and the one I got was mostly free of this phenomenon.
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The dark meat was a little tougher texturally.
The nicely browned skin opened up to surprisingly bright white meatnoticeably paler than its competition.
The seasoning that’s so good on the skin translates differently in the flesh, though.
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It was more like a well-roasted chicken, basted in its own rendered fat, than spit-cooked.
No bite was too salty, nor any bite bland.
It’s labeled as a roasted chicken, but the rotating rotisserie at the deli begs to differ.
Thebreast meatwas meaty and tender, and the tenderloin held onto its distinctive sweeter flavor.
Every bite was juicy, not gummy or stringy, including dark meat.
The thigh and leg were also rich and flavorful, and again, more smoky than gamey.
If I could eat only one rotisserie chicken ever again, this would hands down be it.
