The quiet variable that pushes chicken recipes past the 45-minute line

Chicken's carry-over cooking and mandatory resting time are the details recipe developers tend to absorb into their official totals optimistically. A thigh braise or a sheet-pan build with vegetables already on the tray has a plausible case for this list, but the honest test is whether the clock starts when you touch the ingredients and stops when the plate is complete, not when the oven timer goes off.