Chicken and Poultry Cooking Times

Poultry cooking temperatures are important to monitor in order to insure meat is safely cooked to the proper temperature. When preparing poultry, use the chart below as a guide to check doneness when the meat is oven roasted, stewed/casseroled and grilled.

Where possible, always use a meat thermometer and ensure when inserting it that it's into a thick meat section and the end is not touching a bone.

Oven Cooked
Approximate Cooking Time
Type
Temperature °C
Unstuffed
Stuffed
Chicken
175°C
1¼ - 1½ hrs
1½ - 1¾ hrs
Turkey, whole (3½-4½ kg)
165°C
2¾ - 3 hrs
3 - 3½ hrs
Breast, half
50 - 60min

Breast, whole
1½ - 1¼ hrs

Breast, whole
2¼ - 3¼ hrs

Drumsticks
2 - 2¼ hrs

Thighs
1¾ - 2 hrs

Wings
1¾ - 2¼ hrs

Goose
175°C
2¾ - 3¼ hrs
3 - 3½ hrs
Duck

2 - 2½ hrs
2 ½ - 2¾ hrs
Start with meat at refrigerator temperature. Remove from oven when meat thermometer reads 79°- 82°C; temperature will continue to rise as it stands.
Stewed/Casseroled
Approximate Cooking Time
Type
Unstuffed
Stuffed
Whole broiler fryer
1 - 1¼ hrs
1¼ - 1¾ hrs
Whole roaster
1¾ - 2 hrs
2 - 2½ hrs
Breast half, bone-in
35 - 45min

Breast half, boneless
25 - 30min

Leg or thigh
40 - 50 min

Drumstick
40 - 50min

Wing or wingette/drumette
35 - 45min

Grilled
Approximate Cooking Time
Internal Temp. 82°C
Breast half, bone-in
10 - 15 min/side
Breast half, boneless
8 - 10 min/side
Leg or thigh
10 - 15 min/side
Drumstick
8 - 12 min/side
Wing or wingette/drumette
8 - 12 min/side

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