Are they Chicken Lollipops?

[Wesley1]

What is it called when a leg of chicken or squab has the skin and meat pulled down over the end creating a lolipop almost and leaving the bone bare?

[SuzySushi]

I've heard it called a lollipop. Maybe there's another more formal name somewhere!

[saucée]

Its similar in technique to "frenching" a piece of meat, but I've only ever heard them called lollipops.

[mkayahara]

You know, I remember reading about this in Michael Ruhlman's Soul of a Chef (specifically, in reference to Escoffier's recipe for poulet saute), and figured that it would be named there. But he doesn't appear give the technique a name, he just describes it. I figure that if Escoffier didn't have a name for it, lollipop will have to do!

[Qwerty]

I would think that the appropriate term would be "frenched," but the description of lollipop seems to have worked it's way into vernacular.

[RyuShihan]

I thought frenching was for the end specifically, ie removing the skin from the end . I am pretty sure its just called a lolipop when you pull the meat down into a ball.

[andrewB]

I thought frenching was for the end specifically, ie removing the skin from the end .  I am pretty sure its just called a lolipop when you pull the meat down into a ball.

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when this is done to the wing, i've heard it called a drumette

[McDermitt]

when this is done to the wing, i've heard it called a drumette

Time/Life "Foods of the World" ( 1970 "Recipes: Pacific and Southeast Asian Cooking" ) calls it : "How To Make a Drumstick from a Chicken Wing"

[Toliver]

In Chinese cooking, that's Got Let (sp?) chicken, but it's usually also breaded.

[cricklewood]

"Manchonner" is the term you are looking for, "frenching" works also I guess but in french it translates to french kissing not to pull back the meat from the bones, lol.

[ACarosone]

Whenever I hear and read "chicken lollipop" I hear that Tootsie Pop slogan, "How many licks does it take to get to the center...?"

[Fugu]

"frenching" works also I guess but in french it translates to french kissing  not to pull back the meat from the bones, lol.

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It's almost 6am and I am laughing my head off at your comment! This whole thread and its "double entendre" is killing me. One of us has their brains in the gutter.

[paulraphael]

i've seen a recipe for something called chicken lollipops that was different ... baked chicken breasts rolled up into tubes, sliced crosswise into round spirals, and served on skewers with dipping sauces.