What's your favorite chicken part?

[kenny]

Inquiring minds ...

I'm a wing-man, myself.
Sorry Bibi.

 

[Demon]

Thigh. Tastes the same as the drumstick, but you don't run into that vein...

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

Thighs FTW! On the bone, off the bone, just gimme!

 

[chrono]

As long as it is the dark meat part, I'll eat it. The white and breast portions need a lot of strong sauce so that it'll taste of something better than dry cardboard. Neck and skin is best when roasted for the crisp and crunchy texture.

 

[Dee*Jay]

I'm a breast girl (so to speak).

But when I bring a rotisserie chicken home from Costco the first thing I do is strip off all that warm crispy skin and have myself a savory little snack!

 

[kenny]

I'm a breast girl (so to speak).

But when I bring a rotisserie chicken home from Costco the first thing I do is strip off all that warm crispy skin and have myself a savory little snack!

Yup!
I just did that!

Costco Rotisserie chicken is da bomb diggidee bomb bomb!
Huge, fresh, juicy and only $4.99.

Right when I get it home, and it's still piping hot, I drain and save the juices at the bottom.
After cooling in fridge and discarding the fat on top I use the gelatin to flavor, and salt, my home made soups.

 

[chrono]

I must be the rare one who absolutely loathes Costco's rotisserie chicken. I dislike both the taste and texture. If I had to buy it, I would re-purpose it as meat seasoning for my vegetable dishes.

 

[pearlsngems]

I love chopped chicken livers and onions, pan-fried in a little olive oil, with lots of freshly ground black pepper.

I like thighs, drumsticks, and necks.

I'm indifferent to breast meat.

 

[jaysonsmom]

Inquiring minds ...

I'm a wing-man, myself.
Sorry Bibi.

I love wings too, especially when fried.

Do you prefer the drumette or the flat part of the wing? That is another poll that is going on, on one of my FB groups!

 

[Queenie60]

I prefer the thigh. Tonight I am air frying chicken tenderloins. Yum.

 

[JPie]

Someone once asked what the secret is to juicy, delicious chicken breasts. The answer is easy - reach past that package of breasts and get yourself some thighs instead!

 

[737liz]

Chicken oysters on the back! I don't like the name as it makes me think of mountain oysters or prairie oysters (bulls testicles). It sounds better in French: 'sot l'y laisse' translated to 'the idiot leaves it'. Super succulent, flavourful and no veins or anything chewy. It's only a small part though.

 

[dk168]

I voted for skin as the pets never get to eat the skin from a roast chicken - it is mine, all mine.

My dad used to collect the skin from raw chicken, and stir-fry them with fermented black bean paste and garlic, delicious!

After the skin, then it is thighs, then wings.

When I was a lot younger, I would eat the chicken breasts only. Now they go to the pets.

When I have a Mighty Bucket for One at KFC, I always ask if I could have 2 thighs, and they normally say yes as peeps prefer breasts to thighs or wings.

DK

 

[Rfisher]

Skins, thighs, wings - yes yes yes!
Indifferent to breast
The tail used to be my absolute favorite years ago.

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

Chicken oysters on the back! I don't like the name as it makes me think of mountain oysters or prairie oysters (bulls testicles). It sounds better in French: 'sot l'y laisse' translated to 'the idiot leaves it'. Super succulent, flavourful and no veins or anything chewy. It's only a small part though.

You're right about these, whenever I cook a whole chicken or a Turkey I always pluck these bad boys out for myself. Yummy!

 

[MaisOuiMadame]

I must be the rare one who absolutely loathes Costco's rotisserie chicken. I dislike both the taste and texture. If I had to buy it, I would re-purpose it as meat seasoning for my vegetable dishes.

Me too ! What kind of chemical treatment do they give those to get this gelatine-y texture?

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

Me too ! What kind of chemical treatment do they give those to get this gelatine-y texture?

That's just from the animal bones roasting. Real gravy/soups made with bones do the same thing. I made soup stock with bones all the time.

 

[MaisOuiMadame]

That's just from the animal bones roasting. Real gravy/soups made with bones do the same thing. I made soup stock with bones all the time.

No, that's not what I'm taking about.
The meat itself is extremely tender /gelatine-y juicy. I always roast my own chicken from scratch /do soups from scratch and that Costco chicken meat texture is just chemically "enhanced"...

I bought it only once and neither DH nor I could eat it.

Had it a second time at a friend's place and it was the same.

 

[LilAlex]

teeth

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

No, that's not what I'm taking about.
The meat itself is extremely tender /gelatine-y juicy. I always roast my own chicken from scratch /do soups from scratch and that Costco chicken meat texture is just chemically "enhanced"...

Oh my bad, I just think they brine/salt them to death. I don't buy them personally.

 

[MaisOuiMadame]

Oh my bad, I just think they brine/salt them to death. I don't buy them personally.

Sorry, I hope I didn't sound too harsh, @Asscherhalo_lover , but that chicken triggered quite the emotional response in my home apparently lol

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

Sorry, I hope I didn't sound too harsh, @Asscherhalo_lover , but that chicken triggered quite the emotional response in my home apparently lol

No worries! We're no fans of them either. I generally only buy a whole organic chicken and cook my own when I want one. Or organic thighs, they're so much cheaper per piece and after roasting the bones make the best soup!

 

[MaisOuiMadame]

after roasting the bones make the best soup!

Yes, +1 for organic free range I always use the bones for soup.

 

[chrono]

Chicken bones makes the best soup stock to make Hainanese chicken rice!

 

[Dancing Fire]

The wings! ...

 

[dk168]

The wings! ...

Wings can trump thighs for me, depending on how they are cooked.

Yes to making my own stock with chicken bones. I normally roast chicken thighs to give to the pets to supplement their normal food (skins are mine), and save the bones in the freezer for making stock at a later date.

DK

 

[kenny]

Question, when making stock can you use bones from a roasted chicken, or do the bones have to be raw?

 

[JPie]

Question, when making stock can you use bones from a roasted chicken, or do the bones have to be raw?

Either way.

 

[marymm]

the egg

 

[Rockdiamond]

what about....the "touchas"? ( as my grandma used to say)