Dinner 2022

[mgaretz]

Pizza, with salami and mushrooms.

 

 

[Anna N]

10 hours ago, Okanagancook said:

Excellent roasted in either the CSO or Air Fryer.

Can you tell how you roast a Cornish hen in the air fryer, please?

[Okanagancook]

2 hours ago, Anna N said:

Can you tell how you roast a Cornish hen in the air fryer, please?

I cut the back bone out and then cut the bird in half.  Place in an oiled air fryer basket, set to 400F and start checking doneness after about 25 minutes depending on their size.  
 

Stuffing them sounds good too.

[KennethT]

Back when I had a vertical rotisserie (the motor bit the dust and no amount of Ebay searching was able to find a close replacement) I used to like to use Cornish hens for Kai Yang.

[CookBot]

 

I think it's possible I could drink the juices in that pan as a beverage.

 

 

16 hours ago, Ann_T said:

 

Italian Roasted Chicken.  Can be made with just pieces, but tonight I made it with a Cornish Game Hen.

 

 

 

 

[CookBot]

@Ann_T, you seem to get such superior browning on your breads and chickens.  What sort of oven are you cooking in?

 

[dcarch]

One of the many dishes for the big Thanksgiving dinner was a roasted chicken. I felt that the chicken should be special.

 

I went and got a Buddhism Exemption chicken. The best tasting chicken you  can get. 

1. Seasoning spread under the entire skin, including the drumsticks, and the interior for two days in the refrigerator.

2. The chicken was "air sous vided" to 145F, 100%, no cold spots in and out.

3. Then the chicken was roasted in a rotisserie to get all the skin roasted. No soggy skin. Temperature in the rotisserie was controlled to be 165F.

4. When the interior got to be 150F, hot chestnut stuffing was stuffed in the chicken.

5.  A smoke tube was introduced in the rotisserie for two hours.

 

The chicken was plated and served.

 

dcarch

  

 

 

[KennethT]

1 hour ago, dcarch said:

One of the many dishes for the big Thanksgiving dinner was a roasted chicken. I felt that the chicken should be special.

 

I went and got a Buddhism Exemption chicken. The best tasting chicken you  can get. 

1. Seasoning spread under the entire skin, including the drumsticks, and the interior for two days in the refrigerator.

2. The chicken was "air sous vided" to 145F, 100%, no cold spots in and out.

3. Then the chicken was roasted in a rotisserie to get all the skin roasted. No soggy skin. Temperature in the rotisserie was controlled to be 165F.

4. When the interior got to be 150F, hot chestnut stuffing was stuffed in the chicken.

5.  A smoke tube was introduced in the rotisserie for two hours.

 

The chicken was plated and served.

 

dcarch

  

 

 

Air SV'd?

[heidih]

Wow interesting technique esp the smoke additipn, Stuffing under the skin takes some fonsse to avoid tears - I have small hands so generally elected. You7 made me look upo Buddhist exemption chicken. Not clear results. Were head and feet intact and used?  https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/05/nyregion/buddha-art-raising-chickens-family-caters-chinese-market-with-farm-fresh-whole.html

[dcarch]

1 minute ago, KennethT said:

Air SV'd?

We all know regular sous vide is temperature controlled moving water. "air SV" is basically kind of like a temperature controlled slow moving air dehydrator.

I made a temperature hot air cooker  using a aquarium controller dri9ving a small fan and a 20 watt light bulb.

 

dcarch

[dcarch]

1 minute ago, heidih said:

Wow interesting technique esp the smoke additipn, Stuffing under the skin takes some fonsse to avoid tears - I have small hands so generally elected. You7 made me look upo Buddhist exemption chicken. Not clear results. Were head and feet intact and used?  https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/05/nyregion/buddha-art-raising-chickens-family-caters-chinese-market-with-farm-fresh-whole.html

 

Yes. Head, feet and gizzard all used for stock. Very flavorful stock. 

 

dcarch

[Norm Matthews]

We had Alton Brown's recipe for Chicken wings tonight.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Ichiran Ramen, thanks to the inspiration from @Duvel...

 

 

I possess a tolerance for salt and spice, so I employed all of both packets in the kit.  Very good if not absolutely the best ramen* I have had from amazon.

 

What was absolutely the best ever was the APO egg.  Press button on the anova app.  Add egg to oven.  Remarkable.

 

 

*What was the best ramen:

(eG-friendly Amazon.com link)

Much cheaper than Ichiran too.

 

 

[Honkman]

Pasta with chicken breast, napa cabbage, mushrooms, peas, garlic, ginger, chili and sauce made from soy sauce and lime juice

[weinoo]

19 hours ago, dcarch said:

 I went and got a Buddhism Exemption chicken. The best tasting chicken you  can get. 

 

Not that I believe they're the best tasting or textured birds by any stretch of the imagination - I prefer a Joyce or Sasso bird.

 

However...https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/fsis-directives/6030.1

 

Quote

 

B.  An establishment may apply for an exemption to slaughter or process poultry products according to recognized religious dietary laws.  As examples, FSIS has previously approved these exemptions under the provisions of the PPIA:

 

1. Processing in accordance with Buddhist religious beliefs that require the poultry to be eviscerated, with head and feet intact;

 

 

[Tropicalsenior]

20 minutes ago, weinoo said:

I prefer a Joyce or Sasso bird.

How I envy you people. Here in Costa Rica we have three choices. Birds from two local producers or the one the car in front of you just ran over.

[mgaretz]

Cold and rainy weather calls for chicken soup.  With onion, carrots, celery, peas, corn, spinach and egg noodles.

 

 

[heidih]

38 minutes ago, mgaretz said:

Cold and rainy weather calls for chicken soup.  With onion, carrots, celery, peas, corn, spinach and egg noodles.

 

 

Very comforting looking bowl of soup (though I'd want more broth) Egg noodles seem under-rated. Toothsome if not overcooked and they nestle in the souo spoon well. 

[scamhi]

we had charcoal grilled spatchcocked chicken last night.

served with labne with scallion, olive oil, cilantro and dried chili flakes and an Israeli salad with feta

[rotuts]

@scamhi 

 

nice.  I take it you cut between the breast  

 

rather than remove the back ?

 

interesting.

[scamhi]

1 minute ago, rotuts said:

@scamhi 

 

nice.  I take it you cut between the breast  

 

rather than remove the back ?

 

interesting.

cut through the back. Removed the breast bone and keel bone cartilage

[CookBot]

 

News to me, and very informative.

 

3 hours ago, weinoo said:

Not that I believe they're the best tasting or textured birds by any stretch of the imagination - I prefer a Joyce or Sasso bird.

However...https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/fsis-directives/6030.1

 

 

[Tropicalsenior]

3 hours ago, weinoo said:

However...https://www.fsis.usda.gov/policy/fsis-directives/6030.1

Holy cow! With all the rules and regulations, it's a wonder that food ever gets to the marketplace.

[heidih]

42 minutes ago, Tropicalsenior said:

Holy cow! With all the rules and regulations, it's a wonder that food ever gets to the marketplace.

My dad's daily rant when he was in wholesale meat butchery & packing was "that @#$%& inspector (as he clutched his after work highball) today flagged X amount of meat for  Y stupid reason". The onsite FDA guys in the plant observing and with power.

[liamsaunt]

Chicken katzu, rice, and cabbage slaw with cilantro and soy dressing.