bubbalouie - Posted - 01/30/2011:  16:47:56

I just read where Russia is no longer buying U.S. chicken.
They mostly bought legs because they like them better than the breast meat.
They don't sell as well over here because people don't like those "icky" tendons.
I love chicken thighs roasted in the oven!.
The price of chicken wings is crazy!. I remember they used to give them away.
Cooked low & slow in soups,stews & stocks they can't be beat.
Lets hope there's a glut in the market. They do have more fat but they have more taste & vitamins.
If you cook them on a rack above a pan you can render out a lot of the fat.
Everyone is watching their pennies these days so a chicken leg,a potato & a carrot is a cheap healthy meal.

BConk - Posted - 01/30/2011:  17:58:29

the thigh has always been my favorite part of the chicken - same thing with turkey. My favorite way to cook them is over lump charcoal in the Big Green Egg with a chunk of apple or fig wood in there for smoke. In the last 10 minutes I'll paint them with a mix of KC Masterpiece and Tabasco Chipotle sauce. DAYUMM they're good!

When they're on sale I'll buy a mess of them and smoke them up without the sauce. Then I pick the meat, portion it and vac pack in 8 oz for the freezer. I love smoked chicken jambalaya

Micki - Posted - 01/30/2011:  21:37:46

Hot wings and sauce. Micki

pandjlocke - Posted - 01/30/2011:  22:53:58

Legs, thighs and wings for me. You can keep that breast. Dry and flavorless.

bikebum - Posted - 01/31/2011:  05:02:47

Don't like the wings. Some of the leg is ok. Do like the thighs best. Breast can be ok if it's moist enough and flavored well.

Budedm - Posted - 01/31/2011:  05:16:28

I love thighs. They are much better than breasts. My brother and his family came to visit a few years ago. The kids were maybe 10 & 11. My wife & I put a big batch of thighs on the grill. The kids looked at those and said to their mom "Mom, what kind of chicken is that? We've never seen chicken that looks like that before. Eewwww." So, I surmized that "mom" never cooked anything but those "nice, clean, no fat, hoity, toity, breasts. Those kids don't know what they are missing. (they wouldn't eat them). Granted, there is a place for chicken breasts in my food, but it is not if I am going to eat simply chicken, like on the grill or whatever. Breasts are for cubing up and putting in a stir fry or something like that. But breasts by themselves? Eewwww.

Edited by - Budedm on 01/31/2011 05:17:13

dat - Posted - 01/31/2011:  07:10:29

we usually cook thighs, I like the thighs and wings the best but like Bubbalouie said, the wings have gotten high priced

steve j. - Posted - 01/31/2011:  07:26:05

Gimme legs, never cared much for thighs, dont know why. Although leg quarters cant be beat when your broke.

dawgdoc - Posted - 01/31/2011:  07:37:56

mmmm.....

I marinated a bunch of chicken thighs this weekend for a few hours in nothing more than Frank's Red Sauce. Threw 'em on the smoker with a little apple wood. Fantastic. I'm with Padman, breast are too dry and tasteless (okay, okay, they're healthier)

dat - Posted - 01/31/2011:  08:12:24

I'll soak the wings down in valentina hot sauce , let it sok for a while, then grill them, pretty tasty and cheap seasoning

bilge rat - Posted - 01/31/2011:  09:16:38

skinless, boneless thighs on the smoker....

ron

JEA13 - Posted - 01/31/2011:  09:39:21

Thighs are my favorite part of chicken.

Brian T - Posted - 01/31/2011:  10:13:16

String Chicken

-skinless/boneless chicken thighs ( a dozen will fill a 9" pyrex pie plate)
olive oil, season salt, garlic powder, S&P in the pie plate.
make up dressing with fine bread crumb, very fine dice onion, chicken stock, Italian Mixed Herbs (OR curry powder), S&P
Moisten the dressing and let it stand. Has to be just damp enough that you can squeeze a handful into a little cigar.
Cut 16-18" lengths of cotton butcher string, one per thigh.
Make a cigar of dressing, put it in the thigh, wrap with string just enough to hold it shut, cut-side down in the dish.
Bake covered 400F for 30 minutes. Uncover, add the remainder of the dressing to soak up the juice,
bake uncovered another 30 minutes or until you see the loose dressing start to toast.

Edited by - Brian T on 01/31/2011 10:14:09

Nancy - Posted - 01/31/2011:  10:14:11

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Originally posted by dat

we usually cook thighs, I like the thighs and wings the best but like Bubbalouie said, the wings have gotten high priced

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dpeacock1 - Posted - 01/31/2011:  10:29:54

chicken thighs slow broiled in the oven, basted with a tarragon & butter mixture.

Doug

bubbalouie - Posted - 03/22/2011:  17:17:56

Ha! Ha! Ha!. I was going to start a new thread & then I remembered this one.
Maybe they'll go back to giving them away!. Yeah Right!.
Think of the lost beer sales! they'll be giving that away too. ( Wake up! Wake up Bubba you're in a dream!).
huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/22/...9260.html

Dagnabbit - Posted - 03/22/2011:  17:28:19

The irony. The poultry industry has bred and manipulated for those big breasts with all the energy of Hollywood agent while we all seem to prefer the legs and thighs by a wide margin.

Are we banjo players some weird subgroup? Errrrrr...... nobody answer that.

beeliner - Posted - 03/22/2011:  17:52:23

I love KFC wings!

Micki - Posted - 03/22/2011:  18:21:39

I take the leg quarters and pour a can of mushroom soup over them and bake them in the oven at 375 for 30 min . Micki

feldspar1333 - Posted - 03/22/2011:  18:21:47

Another vote for legs, thighs and wings.

bubbalouie - Posted - 03/22/2011:  19:49:10

We were eating KFC one time and this really funny buddy of ours watched a guy pull the skin off a piece of chicken and push it to the side of his plate.
Buddy says " What you don't eat the skin??!!".
The guy said something about it not being too healthy.
Buddy said " If I could I'd just order a bucket of skin!!".

Slingerland - Posted - 03/22/2011:  20:22:45

Thighs for me too.

Slingerland - Posted - 03/22/2011:  20:22:45

Thighs for me too.

plunker - Posted - 03/22/2011:  20:40:16

Thighs for me both chicken and turkey. KFC used to sell gizzards by the quart and I loved them too.

dakotabrewer - Posted - 03/22/2011:  20:56:43

I like fried chicken on occasion - doesn't matter which part cause I'm all about the greasy, crunchy outsides. Fried chicken out of a cast iron skillet, mashed potatoes and corn ala cob.

My favorite though, and what I get dying cravings for - is Buffalo style hot wings with bleu cheese and celery and a cold beer - preferably a homebrew - hence my sign-on.

bohemian - Posted - 03/22/2011:  21:01:30

Thigh man myself...
my ex cured me of being a breast man.

dawgdoc - Posted - 03/23/2011:  00:04:01

"As God as my witness, I thought turkey's could fly"

One of the funniest sitcom moments ever....

Mopick - Posted - 03/23/2011:  05:19:47

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Originally posted by pandjlocke

Legs, thighs and wings for me. You can keep that breast. Dry and flavorless.

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pstroud1 - Posted - 03/23/2011:  07:46:03

I'm the weird one I like chicken breast. Linda Lou has a way of steaming it before she browns it in a frying pan and it is moist. It make me drool when I see a plat coming. Of course I like the skin the most as I'm not supposed to eat that.
I like wings too and if I'm forced I can eat a thigh and enjoy it a little.
KFC regular I thought I love all of it till last week, it must have been left overs, was a little like shoe sole.

Paul

Mopick - Posted - 03/23/2011:  09:04:37

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Originally posted by dawgdoc

"As God as my witness, I thought turkey's could fly"

One of the funniest sitcom moments ever....

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banjodawg - Posted - 03/23/2011:  10:48:54

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Originally posted by dawgdoc

"As God as my witness, I thought turkey's could fly"

One of the funniest sitcom moments ever....

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BigJohn67 - Posted - 03/23/2011:  11:05:45

Chicken fajitas.

ambpicker - Posted - 03/23/2011:  12:30:37

I like the thighs best myself.
Can't hardly stand the chicken breasts.
My grandfather, who grew up on a family farm in the depression, always told me they fed chicken breasts to the hogs, you couldn't hardly give them away.

Brian T - Posted - 03/23/2011:  14:01:04

Occurred to me one day that I'd like to have chicken & dressing for supper but to gnaw on a whole bird for the rest of the week seemed ridiculous. Looking at a styro tray of boneless/skinless chicken thighs, I got the inspiration for "String Chicken." You can substitute curry powder or do the Cordon Blu thing with ham & cheese. Eat what you want, freeze the rest. Always the correct serving size.
Recipe was about halfway down P1 of this thread (but I prefer cotton butcher string.)

bubbalouie - Posted - 03/23/2011:  18:30:10

I've never even seen a chicken gizzard let alone ate one!!.
I can't see how it would be bad, we already eat all of the bird except the squawk & the feathers!.
I've had bacon wrapped chicken livers.
Those bacon wrapped breasts covered in peppers look like they'd be tasty too Randy.
Fajitas are a good one pan way to use chicken.
KFC has that gravy like thin wallpaper glue.
Stuffing ham & cheese into chicken is never a bad thing.
Beer can chicken rules!.

Brian T - Posted - 03/23/2011:  20:31:33

bubbaluoie: I beg to argue: shoving a perfectly good can of beer up a chicken's whazooo is a waste,
Water + some Oregano = fine. I can't imagine wasting a bottle of Dead Frog Nut Brown Ale for this.
My caveat is that I don't eat chickens that I don't hunt myself. 100% Ruffed Grouse (57 birds) last Fall.