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Can I speak up against salt-love, please?
Salt, yes, but with good sense.
Retarded <ADJ> synonym: (slang) wicked, (proper) incredibly "Man, that is some retarded delicious whiskey."
Im not in LOVE with salt, per se, it dont want to MARRY it. HA! But it is the most important spice in the cabinet. When I say season well, it means well. Not over. Over is gross. Ive been accused of having a heavy hand with the salt as a chef, so I try and lay off. Funny, before I learned to cook, I never used salt.... on anything. Man, was I missing out.
Blanching vegetables? The water you blanche in should taste like to ocean. Sounds gross, but it really cooks the veggies to the perfect seasoning point. Salt meat heavily as most falls off when it hits the grill. Those types of things...
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Retarded <ADJ> synonym: (slang) wicked, (proper) incredibly "Man, that is some retarded delicious whiskey."
Im not in LOVE with salt, per se, it dont want to MARRY it. HA! But it is the most important spice in the cabinet. When I say season well, it means well. Not over. Over is gross. Ive been accused of having a heavy hand with the salt as a chef, so I try and lay off. Funny, before I learned to cook, I never used salt.... on anything. Man, was I missing out.
Blanching vegetables? The water you blanche in should taste like to ocean. Sounds gross, but it really cooks the veggies to the perfect seasoning point. Salt meat heavily as most falls off when it hits the grill. Those types of things...
It should be note that Kosher salt and Fleur de Sel are the only good salts. The other stuff should mostly be used on icy roads.
Any recipes for jazzing up boneless skinless chicken breasts?
only so much Milanese and piccata a person can eat.
Sous vide! I know I know, you dont have a seal a meal and an immersion circulator at your house....
Ghetto seal a meal. Season a chicken breast with KOSHER salt, and pepper and place inside a ziplock bag with a crushed garlic clove, a sliced shallot, a sprig of thyme, and a tablespoon of butter (or just use chicken stock). Suck all the air outta the bag. This is the fun part.
Heat a pot of water to 140 degrees. You will need a thermometer to help make sure you maintain that temperature as well as possible. Poached the bagged chicken breast in the water for apx 40 mins. It will be so friggin tender you wont know what to do with yourself.
Serve it with some steamed rice, charred scallions, or slice it on the bias and drop it in a bol of seasoned chicken broth with some rice noodles and fresh herbs.
Sounds hard, it really isnt.
And DCR! Man Burger? I dont think of anything. Sorry, my IQ doesnt drop that low.
Sous vide! I know I know, you dont have a seal a meal and an immersion circulator at your house....
Ghetto seal a meal. Season a chicken breast with KOSHER salt, and pepper and place inside a ziplock bag with a crushed garlic clove, a sliced shallot, a sprig of thyme, and a tablespoon of butter (or just use chicken stock). Suck all the air outta the bag. This is the fun part.
Heat a pot of water to 140 degrees. You will need a thermometer to help make sure you maintain that temperature as well as possible. Poached the bagged chicken breast in the water for apx 40 mins. It will be so friggin tender you wont know what to do with yourself.
Serve it with some steamed rice, charred scallions, or slice it on the bias and drop it in a bol of seasoned chicken broth with some rice noodles and fresh herbs.
Sounds hard, it really isnt.
And DCR! Man Burger? I dont think of anything. Sorry, my IQ doesnt drop that low.
Sounds interesting, although I don't have any current method of keeping water at 140...could you give me an approximate heat range on a stove or boiling/not boiling/close to boiling?
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Whenever we go to Adam's house, we always seem to have 'Man Burgers.' Putting on whatever we have on the burgers. For his birthday we had mushrooms, onions, chilis, bacon, pinapple, guac, and about 4 or 5 other things that I can't think of right now.
I would have thought that schutd could have come up with something better, but alas.
Whenever we go to Adam's house, we always seem to have 'Man Burgers.' Putting on whatever we have on the burgers. For his birthday we had mushrooms, onions, chilis, bacon, pinapple, guac, and about 4 or 5 other things that I can't think of right now.
I would have thought that schutd could have come up with something better, but alas.
Whenever we go to Adam's house, we always seem to have 'Man Burgers.' Putting on whatever we have on the burgers. For his birthday we had mushrooms, onions, chilis, bacon, pinapple, guac, and about 4 or 5 other things that I can't think of right now.
I would have thought that schutd could have come up with something better, but alas.
Sounds interesting, although I don't have any current method of keeping water at 140...could you give me an approximate heat range on a stove or boiling/not boiling/close to boiling?
at 140, you should be able to drop your fingers in, and keep them there for a couple/1.5 secs. 180 is when you see your first bubbles making their way to the top of the water, and of course 212 is boiling. 140 is a real key, though. at 140, you kill pathogens, yet the temp is low enough to keep the chicken from drying out in ay way. Ive had people complain that the chicken is anywhere from "a little underdone" to "its ****ing raw, dude!" Sorry, but cooking for 40 mins at 140 negates their theory, Its a perception thing. No one is used to eating chicken breasts this tender. So it has an effect of feeling underdone.
best chicken breast ever. You can go above 140, with diminishing results as the temp gets hotter, because the protein strands in the meat sieze up faster, making the breast release its juices, and of course you can cook at 138 or so, for a longer period of time, but 138 doesnt kill potential bacteria. If you buy high quality chicken, dont sweat it.
Maybe Im just nerdy enough to get of on stuff like this, but messing around in a kitchen is as fun as superbowl sunday for me... Just slightly below an amazing bourbon, which is just below sex.
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