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There are several reasons your chicken could be tough. If you accidentally purchase a stewing chicken, which are older tougher birds meant for slow cooking, and you don't stew them, they could be tough. Chicken will also turn rubbery and tough if you overcook it.

There are a couple of things you can do to try to avoid tough chicken. First, unless you will be stewing or braising the chicken, make sure you buy a younger chicken intended for frying or roasting. Second, the day before you cook the chicken, either salt it down, or soak it in a salt water solution in the refrigerator for 24 hours before cooking. Salt not only flavors the meet, it breaks down some of the protein to make it more tender, and it helps the meat to retain some of its moisture when it cooks. Third, get an insta read digital thermometer. That way you can quickly test to see if the chicken parts are cooked to the right temperture, without overcooking them.

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