holly262 Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 So, I normally buy boneless, skinless chicken breasts. I am one who gets pretty grossed out by fat/tendons/bloody spots, etc. on my chicken and end up trimming lots off before I cook it. (I have NO trouble at all with raw ground beef for some reason, but I HATE working with raw chicken!) I decided to try some chicken thighs, because they're cheaper and I'm reading Well Fed and they use them in the weekly cookup. But I gotta say, there was white fatty stuff all over the thighs it seems, I could trim some off but it's like all throughout and impossible to get it all. Is that just how chicken thighs are? Will it cook up well and not be all grisly? Any tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boykinbaby Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 that's just fat and if you cook them nice and low and slow in the oven (set at 350 and cook till done, usually 45 min for me) and it all melts into the meat, crisps up the skin and is just yum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holly262 Posted August 28, 2013 Author Share Posted August 28, 2013 Once I baked them, I liked them. A little seasoning salt, coated with a little almond flour, and they were SO good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Roy Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I'll trim off really large pieces of fat, but leave them be for the most part. I season them with salt, pepper, garlic powder and cayenne pepper then grill them. They are always tender and juicy, never gristly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizitea Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Welcome to a world where fat is good and yummy. For me chicken breast is dried cardboard and thighs are the meat with taste. Fat = taste. Try it, you might like it. I understand that raw it might look weird, just close you eyes, taste them side by side and any meat cooked with fat will taste better than dried out meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizitea Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 buy some free range chicken -- the chicken that is full of antibiotics, and lives it's whole life in a cage where it can hardly move, those are a bit gross in that they aren't that healthy. maybe you know that on an instinctive level. try cooking some thigh with some heathy fat on it, yum or buy a whole chicken and roast that -- yum, yum, yum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boykinbaby Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 plus if you get pastured chickens you can strain and save the fat to cook with! fyi Schmaltz is amazing from well sourced chickens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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