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Chicken :-p

mypiggy1 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:28:51 GMT

This is a bit petty, but I'm really a lousy cook, so am after some advice. I love fresh roast chicken sandwiches but I have been lazily buying the shredded roast breast meat from Coles (@ $20 per kg). It's hard to get sometimes and I think I could probably make it at home a bit cheaper.

How should I cook it? Buy straight skin off/on breasts and put them in the oven (for how long) with a bit of olive oil? Should I buy the bone in pieces for more flavour? Should I use any flavourings on the skin?

I would be removing the skin so maybe it doesn't matter?

Sorry if it's really boring - just after your help !!

thank you

Re: Chicken :-p

katymatey* — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:34:51 GMT

I like the chicken used in my local bakery sandwiches. They use thigh fillets, sprinkled with all purpose seasoning and cooked in the oven. Maybe try that.

Re: Chicken :-p

crystal**flake — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:35:31 GMT

It really is very easy to chuck a chook in the oven for about and hour and a half, you don't need to add anything.

Re: Chicken :-p

azureline** — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:43:14 GMT

Our local fruit and veg does chickens roasted for $6. The following day, cold if any left, sold for $5. At that price, I don't cook chickens or buy from the deli.:-)

Re: Chicken :-p

janeababe — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:47:51 GMT

OR... you could buy a whole cooked chook from the supermarket for about $11 and pull it apart yourself 🙂

-When im cooking a chook, i line my baking dish with cooking paper.
-place the chicken on it.

- lighlty grease with olive oil (any oil will do really what ever you use will be fine)

-sprinkle with season all.

cook in middle shelf of oven covered for approx 1 hour, fan forced 180degrees C.

-take lid off and cook a further 1/2 hr to 40mins or until skin goes a bit crispy. 🙂

(depends on size of chook too.. the bigger ones might need a bit longer)

walah! there you go

another way is to place chook up and over an opened can of beer and stand upright in a baking dish in the oven... but you being a novice, might be a bit too much for you, so will save it for another day, hey 😄

Re: Chicken :-p

crystal**flake — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:51:30 GMT

Jane I don't even go to that trouble when I want a chicken just for sandwiches.

Re: Chicken :-p

mypiggy1 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:58:15 GMT

thank you all very much - lots of "food for thought" 😄

Re: Chicken :-p

monstersinthedungeon — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:12:25 GMT

If you're going to cook chicken pieces for sandwiches, then the thigh (IMO) is the moistest, tenderest part of the chicken. But if you hate cooking, just buy a whole cooked chook from the supermarket and shred that. If you have any bits you don't use, fed them to your cat or dog (but NOT the bones!)