Oh my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.

Wash ,'Bushwhacked'


Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Sean K - May 04, 2008 12:30:33 am PDT #7570 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

How does one cook chicken so that's moist and tender? Is the problem with using frozen chicken? My husband has tried several methods, and it always comes out more or less dry.

I cannot speak for whole chickens, but I usually cook boneless, skinless breasts (Tyson or Foster Farms) thusly:

Thaw breast in fridge overnight. Next morning, prepare marinade of olive oil, lemon and orange juices (plus some orange zest), kosher salt, fresh cracked pepper, fresh thyme, and occasionally some other herbs or spices that strike my fancy.

Mix marinade vigorously, and pour into a ziplock baggie. Brush breast with a little more olive oil (extra virgin, always, please -- and I knew that even back when I ate rice that came out of a tube.), place in baggie with marinade and seal it up.

Place chicken marinade baggie in fridge for the the day, in a bowl, just in case of leakage. Let sit until dinner time.

Preheat cast iron skillet on medium high heat. Cook chicken breast (along with marinade) about ten minutes to a side. When you flip the chicken, cover it with a pot lid and turn the heat down.

You want to get the chicken just past the point where it is no longer pink (though this method allows some considerable wiggle room for overcooking and still remaining tender and juicy.

This method has so far unerringly produced the most delicious, tender and juicy chicken I've ever eaten.


Steph L. - May 04, 2008 7:59:29 am PDT #7571 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

back when I ate rice that came out of a tube.

Good times, good times.


DCJensen - May 04, 2008 8:02:50 am PDT #7572 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.

I feel left out. I've never had rice in a tube.

Why is the rice in the tube?


Sean K - May 04, 2008 8:14:34 am PDT #7573 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Why is the rice in the tube?

They were just packets of Mahatma flavored rice, Daniel. I got mocked soundly for it.


Hil R. - May 04, 2008 8:15:55 am PDT #7574 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I believe it was Mahatma nacho cheese flavored rice. Which certainly added to the mocking.


brenda m - May 04, 2008 8:17:37 am PDT #7575 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I got mocked soundly for it.

And you're comfortable with your use of the past tense there, huh? Bold.


meara - May 04, 2008 8:20:43 am PDT #7576 of 10001

....and the mold? Where does the mold come into it?


askye - May 04, 2008 8:23:54 am PDT #7577 of 10001
Thrive to spite them

There was mold in it too.

Jamie Oliver has a great easy tasty marinade for chicken .

Rosemary, garlic and lemon marinade: 2 good handfuls of fresh rosemary, pounded, 6 cloves of garlic crushed, 10 glugs of olive oil, 3 lemons halved, juiced, and skin squashed, fresh ground pepper.

Mix everything together and massage into your chosen meat. Leave the meat in the marinade until you ar ready to cook it.

It's very fresh tasting, plus all the pounding and squashing is good to get out your frustrations.


Sean K - May 04, 2008 8:32:13 am PDT #7578 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

And you're comfortable with your use of the past tense there, huh? Bold.

Did you not read my delicious recipe for tender, juicy chicken?

I think I have earned the past tense.

Also, thpbpbpbpbpbpt, brenda.


Sean K - May 04, 2008 8:33:08 am PDT #7579 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

6 cloves of garlic crushed

GAH! Yes, I use lots of garlic every time in my marinade, too.