How to Truss a Chicken

Step 1

Place a piece of kitchen twine about 1 meter long in the center of your work surface.

Step 2

Place the chicken on top, breast up, and bring the twine up and over the legs, down along the crease where the leg meets the body.

Step 3

Run twine under then over the ends of each leg. Bring strings toward each other and cross them over each other to form an X.

Step 4

Take each end of twine and pull it back underneath each leg, pulling tight to bring both legs close together.

Step 5

Lift twine up and over legs, meeting in the center and secure with a bow.

Step 6

Take wing tips and pull them up and behind the body of the chicken, tucking behind the body. Cook chicken as desired.