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Trussing a chicken is a basic culinary skill that’s just worth knowing how to do. Here we demonstrate the traditional approach you’ll find most chefs use to truss a chicken before they roast it, but you might also want to check our our unconventional approach to trussing the <a href="https://www.chefsteps.com/recipes/ultimate-roast-chicken">ultimate roast chicken</a> too. WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
1 whole chicken
Butcher’s twine