Australians are eating almost twice as much chicken as they were in the 1950s — so what’s behind the obsession?

Whether it’s between two buns, cooked in a tandoor, mixed in a salad or a regulation bachelor’s handbag, Aussies love to eat a cooked chook.

Last year, the average Australian consumed more than 50 kilograms of chicken meat.

For most of us, it works out at two chicken-based meals each week.

That’s…