The many ways of chicken
The many ways of chicken
Way number one: Last week the price of chicken leg quarters went up to 69 cents per pound in ten pound bags. I bought a bag anyway and carefully removed the back portion and searated the drum from the thigh. I cooked the back portions for stock and fat and picked enough meat for a snack size serving of chicken salad for two. The thighs and drums I weighed and added salt at 1.5% and for several days I have stirred the bucket with my hand and removed a couple of pieces for supper now and then. Tonight I took the last three thighs and drums and stewed them with onions, carrots and celery in the stock with some added black pepper. When the meat and carrots were done I moved the solids to a pyrex dish in the oven to stay warm and reduced the stock to about one third of the original and poured it back over the chicken. There is a lot of leftovers. These leg quarters came in at 9 to a ten pound bag.
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It depends on the price per pound. Generally I get a yield of six pounds of boneless meat from a ten pound bag of leg quarters. I cook the back portion for stock and to render the fat and I pick the meat from the bones. At 70 cents per pound the yield is 1.17 per pound of boneless meat and the rest is just valuable by product. Sometimes I can get whole chickens for .79 /pound but that is rare. Usually the price for whole chicken is above .89 /pound. I would have to determine how that works out.
Not too long ago I found leg quarters against the sell by date for .39/pound.
Not too long ago I found leg quarters against the sell by date for .39/pound.
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The chicken was started on August 16. Two halves 2.25 pounds each seasoned as follows: 22 grams of salt, 1 teaspoon of celery seed,1/2 teaspoon smoked ancho pepper flakes, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper corns crushed, 1/2 teaspooncoriander seed ,crushed, 1 tablespoon sugar,2 garlic cloves crushed,1/4 teaspoon ginger. The small bones were removed and the seasoning mix was distributed over all of the meat, the meat was turned each day. On the 18th I roasted the first half and tonight I roasted the second half. I served it with mashed potatoes, carrots and gravy. Nancy approved.
The seasonings are the total for both halves not for each half.
The seasonings are the total for both halves not for each half.
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I like whole chickens because I get the giblets. I save the livers and hearts in the freezer until I have enough for a meal or a pate.
For grilling, a whole chicken is nice because you get a variety of cuts for your guests, and also the carcass for stock.
But if I just wanted to make chicken sausage, would get the leg quarters.
My daughter keeps chickens and she wants me to dispatch a few old timers this Saturday. Hey...good opportunity for some chicken sausage!
For grilling, a whole chicken is nice because you get a variety of cuts for your guests, and also the carcass for stock.
But if I just wanted to make chicken sausage, would get the leg quarters.
My daughter keeps chickens and she wants me to dispatch a few old timers this Saturday. Hey...good opportunity for some chicken sausage!
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Hey Cabonaia,
How about posting your recipe for chicken pate'? Is it lip smackin' good?
If you wish to share it, post it in the "Offal Products" section please. Here's a link: http://wedlinydomowe.pl/en/viewforum.php?f=11
Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon
How about posting your recipe for chicken pate'? Is it lip smackin' good?
If you wish to share it, post it in the "Offal Products" section please. Here's a link: http://wedlinydomowe.pl/en/viewforum.php?f=11
Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it probably needs more time on the grill!
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I have two mutant chickens in the smoker today. Free range chickens from Iowa. One weighed in at 11 lbs. and the other at 7.5 lbs.
I am smoking them for a brother-in-law, and wondering what he fed them, and how old they are! I also have a 12 lb. turkey for him, still in brine. I will need to smoke that one on Sunday as the smoker is full up now!
Jim
I am smoking them for a brother-in-law, and wondering what he fed them, and how old they are! I also have a 12 lb. turkey for him, still in brine. I will need to smoke that one on Sunday as the smoker is full up now!
Jim