Idc how you cook it. The best you’ll get out of me is it’s mediocre. Dark meat is superior.
You have never used any spices?
Of course.
Doesn’t change what I said tho.
I prefer dark meat but, if your white meat is always dry then you’re doing something wrong.
I get where you’re going with this. I do. It’s rare that folks can cook it this way but even so…
I’ve had the juiciest white meat. Literally see the juices in it.
Bite into it and it’s just WET tasteless, bland meat.
As long as it’s cooked properly, I prefer white meat for most applications specifically because it has less flavor and fat than dark meat, making it more versatile. I also just don’t like a lot of strong flavors and prefer relatively bland food. 🤷
Fair argument. I respect it.
Sure, but who the hell doesn’t season their chicken?? It’s good because it’s versatile and it’s only dry if you don’t cook it well.
Even perfectly cooked and seasoned, the white meat is the worst part. It’s just no longer completely awful.
I can season anything to make it have flavor or taste better. That’s not the point of my argument.
There’s plenty of food out there that tastes absolutely horrible without seasoning. White meat is nearly tasteless imo. It requires at the very least, salt. Just to make it not taste like shoe leather.
At it’s core, it’s like I said, dry, bland and tasteless.
I’d disagree on one count - white meat is better breaded and deep fried. It has a better grain for that, and its lack of flavor is irrelevant.
And I don’t dislike white meat in soup or the like, though I do think that dark meat is superior.
In fact, for lunch today I made chicken and rice with a leftover whole chicken that was mostly white meat. I started by boiling it until the meat fell off the bones, then adding spices and vegetables and cooking it down until it was thick, at which point the chicken was in shreds. I like that, but at that point, the chicken isn’t so much chicken - it’s just protein and a carrier for the spices.
its lack of flavor is irrelevant
Excuse me? No, how it tastes is absolutely relevant.
You’re using white meat in a way I could with anything. I could cook a dirty boot in a chicken broth for 13 hrs and it’ll taste eatible. (My goofy way to explain what you’re attempting to proclaim here.)
I like that, but at that point, the chicken isn’t so much chicken
You did get there in the end, tho.
For the first, I think that white meat is in fact superior breaded and deep fried, because flavor really is irrelevant at that point. You don’t bread and deep fry something to enjoy the flavor - you bread and deep fry it to make it satisfyingly crunchy and chewy (and use a dip for flavor) and white meat has a better grain for that.
For the second - I’m just saying that though I otherwise agree that dark meat is better, I don’t dislike white meat. I guess I felt some need to stick up for it a bit…
Stop saying flavor is irrelevant.
It’s a hard stop. If this is somehow not something you can comprehend in terms of food, that we eat, then your opinion isn’t even worth reading.
Until you can AT LEAST admit that the flavor of the food we digest is important, then I will stop reading right there and not take your comment seriously.
Stop reading then. Why should I give a fuck?
I expressed my view and provided my reasoning. I couldn’t possibly care less whether you agree or not (and particularly since you can’t even manage a contrary argument - all you can do is ball your fists up and stamp your feet and shout “Nuh UH!”)
Nah, my post. I’ll read all I like.
You’ll be alright.
flavor is irrelevant
Discussing food and says flavor is irrelevant.
I don’t even have to clap back. Your comment makes you look stupid and no amount of downvotes will change that.
flavor is irrelevant
I am in full agreement with this.
I always thought white chicken was bland as hell… And in recent years I’ve met a really cool indigenous dude and he’s giving me all kinds of deer, elk, bear… It’s only reinforced that factory farm white meat chicken is horrible.
It is simultaneously bland, and yet the little flavor it does have is nauseating and unpleasant.
Everybody loves a deep fried chicken breast but it’s the fat caked on the breading that people love, not the chicken.
You have hurt people by saying what you said, but I couldn’t agree more.
Thigh meat for the win
“Now made with white meat!!!”
Yes, because it’s the worst tasting meat, meaning it’s the likely cheaper option for restaurants to serve. There is also more of it available.
There’s a reason we can’t get an entire bucket of chicken legs. And it ain’t because of a shortage of chickens. It’s because dark meat commands a higher price in bulk that they can’t easily offload to the customer without being obvious.
So if they can’t capitalize on that, then you’re just not allowed to have it.
Typically, white meat is actually more expensive because it’s in higher demand. There’s more breast meat on a typical chicken than there is leg meat, mainly because we’ve bred chickens to have much larger breast than they did historically, because most people prefer white meat.
Now I’m not arguing that dark meat is better or worse, both parts serve different purposes in a dish. Texture is an important factor to consider, and chicken legs are full of connective tissues and cartilage that can be quite off-putting to many people. For a broth, or just eating from a roast chicken, it makes sense to go with the legs, but for something where texture or the size of the pieces matters more, the breast is usually preferable. You don’t make Chicken Kiev with legs, for example.
Typically, white meat is actually more expensive because it’s in higher demand
That’s incorrect. It’s not “in demand”. It’s simply what’s offered. Yes, there’s obviously more meat in a certain area of the chicken. It’s usually called the breast.
Let me stop you right there.
I’m in no need of education regarding how chicken is “chopped up” financially. No offense there, don’t wanna come off rude. My bad. You’re basically saying what I already know and we both basically agree on.
The “texture” thing varies from one person to another. Let that go.
Nothing you’ve said invalidated my original unpopular opinion.
