Roasted chicken recipe

January 2, 2006 6:17 PM

Upon reading this thread about roasting a chicken, I got a hankering for it. Our local grocery was having a special so I got 2 4lb chickens, and roasted one this evening, and boiled the other for chicken salad. [More Inside]
posted by RustyBrooks to MetaFilter-Related at 6:17 PM (55 comments total)

Now, I know what you're thinking, boiled chicken is awful, right? But it
doesn't have to be. The Frugal Gourmet has a quick "recipe" for
boiling a
chicken that can not be beat, and I thought I'd share it with you, while
thanking the folks in the thread for many tips on a tasty roasted chicken
(we had it tonight with roasted potatoes and green beans and it was great)

In this recipe we do not actually boil the bird at all but rather place it
in boiling water and then leave it alone. Please read the instructions
carefully. This dish is so simple and so delicious that you will think the
instructions are incorrect.

Fill a large kettle with water, and bring to a boil. (An 8=quart pot two
thirds filled with water works great for a 2 1/2 to 3 pound bird). When
the water boils, place the whole cleaned chicken into it. When the water
stops boiling, take the chicken out. Cover the pot, and when the water
again boils, place the chicken back in the pot. Cover the pot and turn off
the heat. Leave the chicken in the pot and the pot on the burner. After 1
hour the chicken is done. Remove, and cool.

You can debone this chicken in very little time. If you are on a low
salt/fat diet, be sure to remove the skin. Save the juices that flow from
the bird when deboning becuase this liquid contains a great deal of
natural gelatin and will help keep the bird moist if you should decide to
store the meat in the refrigerator.

The chicken is ready to serve or use.

posted by RustyBrooks at 6:17 PM on January 2, 2006

That's awesome.
posted by my sock puppet account at 6:26 PM on January 2, 2006

Someone's drunk.
posted by interrobang at 6:26 PM on January 2, 2006

Hey guys I had an eggroll for dinner
posted by Emperor Yamamoto's Eggs at 6:31 PM on January 2, 2006

This is performance art, right? I love performance art!
posted by Gator at 6:32 PM on January 2, 2006

CHICKEN
posted by Krrrlson at 6:33 PM on January 2, 2006

Rusty - you might wanna check the links you claim as your own on your Mefi userpage.
posted by dash_slot- at 6:34 PM on January 2, 2006

Yeah, I forgot that burlyadventurer was gone. The jerkengine problem is new to me, looks like there's some kind of DNS issue. It's been a while since I looked at or updated my page.
posted by RustyBrooks at 6:35 PM on January 2, 2006

*news* to me.
posted by RustyBrooks at 6:35 PM on January 2, 2006

*looks for the clickee flag thingie*
posted by iconomy at 6:36 PM on January 2, 2006

The human head weighs 8 pounds.
posted by fet at 6:42 PM on January 2, 2006

I just watched The Deer Hunter and now I don't have as high an opinion of Russian roulette as I used to.
posted by gramschmidt at 6:51 PM on January 2, 2006

Bees and dogs can smell fear.
posted by Emperor Yamamoto's Eggs at 6:51 PM on January 2, 2006

So dogs in bee costumes must be the ultimate fear detector?
posted by fet at 6:57 PM on January 2, 2006

Boiling doesn't work works!
posted by mr.marx at 6:57 PM on January 2, 2006

My cat's breath....oh, never mind
posted by Miko at 7:00 PM on January 2, 2006

The Taqueria in Park Slope may have the best chicken I have ever had.
posted by ParisParamus at 7:21 PM on January 2, 2006

Nobody calls me chicken.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:47 PM on January 2, 2006

I had pierogies. Mmm. Shit, they were good.
posted by maxsparber at 7:56 PM on January 2, 2006

*Calls goodnews chicken*
posted by nobody at 8:14 PM on January 2, 2006

I had popcorn for dinner. I didn't boil it.
posted by Hildegarde at 8:24 PM on January 2, 2006

I had popcorn for dinner. I didn't boil it.

That was your mistake.
posted by duck at 9:11 PM on January 2, 2006

i had hamburgers for dinner ... i didn't boil them, but i did boil the vegetables in the water that was in the can
posted by pyramid termite at 9:14 PM on January 2, 2006

I couldn't find anything for dinner and was too lazy to cook - boiled popcorn sounds great now!
posted by Iamtherealme at 9:17 PM on January 2, 2006

23skiddoo: I guess it depends on how it's done. Before I boiled a chicken the way above, I'd never had boiled chicken that I liked, it was always quite dry. Maybe it's just usuall overcooked (chicken often is in general)
posted by RustyBrooks at 9:27 PM on January 2, 2006

So dogs in bee costumes must be the ultimate fear detector?

But, hey ...


posted by ericb at 9:30 PM on January 2, 2006

I hope this thread doesn't get deleted because I want to save that recipe.
posted by kenko at 9:39 PM on January 2, 2006

I feel like fricken tonight
posted by moonbird at 9:45 PM on January 2, 2006

Why on earth is this still here?
posted by mediareport at 10:26 PM on January 2, 2006

Because of me, mediareport.
posted by kenko at 11:14 PM on January 2, 2006

Thanks, RustyBrooks, I think I'll give this a shot. Mmmm, chicken salad...
posted by maryh at 1:20 AM on January 3, 2006

I LIKE CAPON.
posted by fixedgear at 2:08 AM on January 3, 2006

I don't know what to say about this.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 2:45 AM on January 3, 2006

And here we have the essence of MeTa. A random and oddly-formatted recipe for roasted chicken, a bunch of snark, and an inline image of some babies.

Also, I hear roasted chicken is great with mushrooms. Too bad I can never buy one without being hassled.
posted by SuperNova at 2:47 AM on January 3, 2006

It's boiled chicken, SuperNova. And it's traditionally served with Luck Dragon rinds atop a bed of pancakes.
posted by maryh at 3:33 AM on January 3, 2006

This dish is so simple and so delicious that you will think the instructions are incorrect.

Looks like someone's been moonlighting as a spam writer.
posted by dg at 3:36 AM on January 3, 2006

Looks like someone's been moonlighting as a spam writer.

Actually, that sentence would have then been:

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posted by thanotopsis at 6:02 AM on January 3, 2006

posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:13 AM on January 3, 2006

What in the hell would possess someone to post a boiled chicken recipe to metatalk?
posted by puke & cry at 7:18 AM on January 3, 2006

puke & cry: "What in the hell would possess someone to post a boiled chicken recipe to metatalk?"

I can only assume RustyBrooks is in the employ of some sort of pro-boiled chicken guerrilla marketing outfit.
posted by jack_mo at 7:26 AM on January 3, 2006

Fill a large kettle with water, and bring to a boil. (An 8=quart pot two thirds filled with water works great for a 2 1/2 to 3 pound bird). When the water boils, place the whole cleaned chicken into it. When the water stops boiling, take the chicken out.

Hmm... so basically, drop the chicken into the water for a few seconds? I'm assuming the water stops boiling right away? Then remove the chicken, bring the water back to the boil, then add the chicken back to the pot... and so on.
posted by Witty at 7:49 AM on January 3, 2006

Sounds like you'd spend all day dunking your chicken, if you know what I mean.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 8:18 AM on January 3, 2006

I liked this better when it was called...... chicken soup.
posted by y6y6y6 at 8:21 AM on January 3, 2006

Actually you just dunk once, wait for it to boil again, then you drop it in, turn the heat off and leave it there for an hour. The beauty of this recipe, y6y6y6 is that the flavor stays in the chicken and you don't end up with chicken broth. The first dunk I am not sure of the meaning of, to be honest with you. But I do it anyhow, it's easy enough.

I guess this got some people hackles up or something. I was really just replying to an ask-meta thread saying I found it useful, and posted a little something extra to go along with it.
posted by RustyBrooks at 9:43 AM on January 3, 2006

I guess this got some people hackles up or something.

Screw 'em.

One more question... did the recipe mention anything about allowing the chickedn to come to room temperature first, instead of dropping it in there right out of the fridge?
posted by Witty at 9:52 AM on January 3, 2006

Hmm, didn't mention it. I do it right out of the fridge. My wife would kill me if she saw me letting poultry come to room temp. (she's a registered dietician and has a masters in public health)
posted by RustyBrooks at 10:15 AM on January 3, 2006

Coincidentally, I fixed capon for dinner last night. Roasted, not boiled. Stuffed with rosemary.

The steer of the chicken world.
posted by leftcoastbob at 10:18 AM on January 3, 2006

And further, why does this post seem to piss people off? Too political?
posted by leftcoastbob at 10:19 AM on January 3, 2006

Yes, that's exactly it. Too political. You've nailed it. Very insightful.
posted by smackfu at 10:38 AM on January 3, 2006

Weirdly, the links are still on your userpage, Rusty my man.
posted by dash_slot- at 11:28 AM on January 3, 2006

So is this the first cult thread of 2006?
posted by sveskemus at 12:05 PM on January 3, 2006

dash_slot- That is weird. Ok, not really. Haven't changed it yet.
posted by RustyBrooks at 12:39 PM on January 3, 2006

Also, both of my chickens had left AND right wings so this post could not be less political.
posted by RustyBrooks at 12:46 PM on January 3, 2006

I think people are pissed because this post belongs on Rusty's blog, not here. I'd hate to see this set a precedent. Which, of course, it will.

See, this is what I want a "WTF?" flag for.
posted by frykitty at 1:28 PM on January 3, 2006

I don't know what this post is really doing here, but it seems like it's done doing it now.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 3:03 PM on January 3, 2006