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merstar
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Post subject: Cook's Illustrated's "French Chicken In A Pot" Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:57 am |
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Paul Kierstead
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Post subject: Re: Cook's Illustrated's "French Chicken In A Pot" Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:58 am |
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Joined: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:45 pm Posts: 1531 Location: Ottawa, ON
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I've made it quite a few times. It is quite lovely. It is quite different then chicken is typically served ( and better, why do people and even restaurants insist on making such awful chicken)
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JesBelle
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Post subject: Re: Cook's Illustrated's "French Chicken In A Pot" Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:23 am |
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I probably roast 4 out of 5 chickens this way. The rest get the opposite treatment (high-roast). It works much better with an air-dried chicken like Bell & Evans or Pine Manor.
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TheFuzzy
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Post subject: Re: Cook's Illustrated's "French Chicken In A Pot" Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:52 am |
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Even if I ate meat, our grocer only carries California chickens.
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Lindsay
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Post subject: Re: Cook's Illustrated's "French Chicken In A Pot" Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:54 pm |
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Joined: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:18 pm Posts: 562 Location: Winchester, MA
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I love this recipe and have made it frequently. Feel free to play around with it -- I often put potatoes on the bottom and when the chicken is finished, take it out, and increase the temp and give the potatoes a crispier coating in the residual fat, (they're obviously all cooked). I've also done the same with carrots and beats.
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merstar
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Post subject: Re: Cook's Illustrated's "French Chicken In A Pot" Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:15 pm |
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Joined: Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:07 pm Posts: 328
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Thanks, all, I'll have to try this.
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wino
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Post subject: Re: Cook's Illustrated's "French Chicken In A Pot" Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:43 am |
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Joined: Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:35 am Posts: 2305 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Lindsay, nice tip . . . THANKS!
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jeanf
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Post subject: Re: Cook's Illustrated's "French Chicken In A Pot" Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 4:28 pm |
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Joined: Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:41 pm Posts: 1884 Location: Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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one of my favourites too. I throw in some extra legs on the side. Will have to try the potatoes idea, love it.
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Lindsay
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Post subject: Re: Cook's Illustrated's "French Chicken In A Pot" Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:16 am |
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Joined: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:18 pm Posts: 562 Location: Winchester, MA
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If you're going to do the potatoes and want to crisp them, I should have specified that after removing the chicken, drain the liquid into a fat separator and just add the fat back into the pot to crisp up the potatoes and keep the liquid for a sauce. You can throw the pot with the potatoes and fat back into the oven or just crisp them over a burner.
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JesBelle
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Post subject: Re: Cook's Illustrated's "French Chicken In A Pot" Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:59 pm |
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I often save the liquid in the pot for chicken soups, especially if I'm not using homemade stock. I use the fat to sauté the aromatics, then add the chicken concentrate (the liquid part) to the broth. It really picks up the flavor of broth-in-a-box when you're not using the good stuff.
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