Whole chicken vs. chicken breasts

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: guyver01

Originally posted by: KingGheedora
Whole roasted chickens taste better, esp if you cook w/ the skin.
Discuss.

Beer Can Chicken, or Rotisserie chicken on a BBQ is best..

I prefer to cook whole chickens using these methods. I grill breasts for use in salads or to serve with pasta.

 

[Ns1]

whole chicken, so I can eat all the dark meat and give my dog all the white meat

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Ns1
whole chicken, so I can eat all the dark meat and give my dog all the white meat

Your dog will actually eat that tasteless stuff?

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Ns1
whole chicken, so I can eat all the dark meat and give my dog all the white meat

Your dog will actually eat that tasteless stuff?

no he just likes to play with it

 

[nageov3t]

kosher chicken breasts ftw.

tbh, I just hate cooking whole chicken.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Nik
I dun loooove me some chickin titties!

Me? I'm more of an ass man.

 

[Krazy4Real]

Wow. I actually prefer white meat over dark meat. I must be crazy!

 

[BoomerD]

Roast chicken is ok as long as it's done RIGHT.

 

[LS21]

Originally posted by: loki8481
kosher chicken breasts ftw.

tbh, I just hate cooking whole chicken.

why? rub with oil, salt, pepper, throw in 450* oven until it hits temperature

perfect. and i mean PERFECT

http://www.gourmet.com/recipes...en_with_mustard_butter

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: jjsole
I didn't realize they made chicken with bones anymore.

I think Foster Farms is working on that. Then, when coupled with the beakless bird invented by KFC, they'll have almost a perfect chicken...


We buy all of the chicken-varieties. Whole bird for beer-can chicken, breasts for chicken strips and teriaki chicken as well as BBQ for the wife, legs (for me) for BBQ, and occasionally, cut-up fryers for fried chicken. (yes, it's cheaper to buy a whole bird and cut it up, but sometimes the convenience is worth the couple of extra pennies per lb.

That's the next logical step. Ever since a side affect of the creating beakless chickens was gizzards that taste like cocoa puffs, the possibilities have been endless.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: oddyager
I like dark meat.

blackchickens

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: vi edit

Originally posted by: oddyager
I like dark meat.

blackchickens

Poultrist!

 

[Tifababy]

Whole chicken is definitely a better value. When whole chickens go on sale for $0.59-$0.60/lb, we buy 6-8 of them. Then cut them up and freeze them. From 6 chickens you get 24 wings which is enough for two meals for us (just me and my wife). You get 12 thighs which we typically boil and then pull apart to make pulled chicken sandwiches. We'll 3-4 meals out of the 12 drumsticks which we typically grill with BBQ sauce. So you get all this extra meat and still have 12 chicken breasts like you would if you only bought the breasts. We also typically throw the carcass and other scripts in the crockpot for a few hours with some onions and carrots and salt and pepper to make chicken stock.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Tifababy

From 6 chickens you get 24 wings which is enough for two meals for us (just me and my wife).

Uhhh, there's only two wings per chicken...that'd be 12 wings from 6 chickens, unless you're buying some kind of genetically modified chicken...
(More collaboration between FF & KFC? )

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Tifababy

From 6 chickens you get 24 wings which is enough for two meals for us (just me and my wife).

Uhhh, there's only two wings per chicken...that'd be 12 wings from 6 chickens, unless you're buying some kind of genetically modified chicken...
(More collaboration between FF & KFC? )

Each chicken wing has two "wings". So each chicken gives you 4 wings each.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Tifababy

From 6 chickens you get 24 wings which is enough for two meals for us (just me and my wife).

Uhhh, there's only two wings per chicken...that'd be 12 wings from 6 chickens, unless you're buying some kind of genetically modified chicken...
(More collaboration between FF & KFC? )

Each chicken wing has two "wings". So each chicken gives you 4 wings each.

WTF are you talking about? Each chicken has two wings...each wing = 1 wing.

No, you can't break a wing into the "drumlet" andl WTF the other thing is called, and call that two wings. Each is part of a single wing. I don't give a shit what the "wing restaurants" want to call it, there are only two wings on a chicken...

 

[dennilfloss]

Not sure about value but the breast is the best part of the chicken, by far, in my book.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

A couple of points:

1) If you're paying $4 for boneless chicken breast you're throwing away money. It's EASY to find for $1.99 a pound and even $1.59-$1.69 with a little careful shopping.

2) I actually prefer dark meat for most applications as it's more moist and flavorful than white. I only use white meat for stuff like cordon bleu or Parmigiana where bones simply won't work.

Don't be a chicken snob. It's cheap, it's versatile and the whole bird is tasty if properly cooked.

 

[Baked]

I don't buy chicken boobs.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Tifababy

From 6 chickens you get 24 wings which is enough for two meals for us (just me and my wife).

Uhhh, there's only two wings per chicken...that'd be 12 wings from 6 chickens, unless you're buying some kind of genetically modified chicken...
(More collaboration between FF & KFC? )

Each chicken wing has two "wings". So each chicken gives you 4 wings each.

WTF are you talking about? Each chicken has two wings...each wing = 1 wing.

No, you can't break a wing into the "drumlet" andl WTF the other thing is called, and call that two wings. Each is part of a single wing. I don't give a shit what the "wing restaurants" want to call it, there are only two wings on a chicken...

How about "wing sections" for the more anal among us?

 

[KingGheedora]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
A couple of points:

1) If you're paying $4 for boneless chicken breast you're throwing away money. It's EASY to find for $1.99 a pound and even $1.59-$1.69 with a little careful shopping.

2) I actually prefer dark meat for most applications as it's more moist and flavorful than white. I only use white meat for stuff like cordon bleu or Parmigiana where bones simply won't work.

Don't be a chicken snob. It's cheap, it's versatile and the whole bird is tasty if properly cooked.

What part of the country do you live in?

It's not as easy as you might think. If you live in NYC and don't have a car you are limited to what is in your neighborhood, or what you can get to by subway. I don't know anyone who uses the subway to get to the market, it's to much of a hassle. I'm sure if I really wanted to I could make a day of it and find some chicken for $2/lb, but if I want to be practical I can't find the cheapest possible deal on every item every week. In this city cheap markets are rare.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Not sure about value but the breast is the best part of the chicken, by far, in my book.

The breast is just all white meat which is too dry and tasteless. Dark meat is where it's at.

 

[magomago]

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[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Not sure about value but the breast is the best part of the chicken, by far, in my book.

The breast is just all white meat which is too dry and tasteless. Dark meat is where it's at.

It's a blank palette upon which you create your dish. It's dry and tasteless only if you suck as a cook.

 

[eplebnista]

I prefer the drumsticks.